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The Future of Space Tourism Is Now. Well, Not Quite
2022
Overview
\"Less than a year after Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson kicked off a commercial space race by blasting into the upper atmosphere within weeks of each other last summer [2021], the global space tourism market is skyrocketing, with dozens of companies now offering reservations for everything from zero-pressure balloon trips to astronaut boot camps and simulated zero-gravity flights. But don't don your spacesuit just yet. While the financial services company UBS estimates the space travel market will be worth $3 billion by 2030, the Federal Aviation Administration has yet to approve most out-of-this-world trips, and construction has not started on the first space hotel. And while access and options--not to mention launchpads--are burgeoning, space tourism remains astronomically expensive for most.\" (New York Times) Read more about how space tourism is evolving and the options that will become available.
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