Category:	Space Tourism
Title:	Space tourism
Listing URL:	http://www.space.com
Description:	Space tourism is no longer just the outlandish vision of science fiction writers. While still only affordable to the very wealthy, space tourism offers a unique type of adventure that is sought after by a large percent of the traveling population. From the mind-boggling thrill of looking at Earth from space to the feeling of weightlessness, space trips offer the experience of a lifetime to well-funded travelers. Through Space Adventures, Ltd. and the Russian Soyuz program, American Dennis Tito became the first fee-paying tourist in space. He was later followed by South African Mark Shuttlework and American entrepreneur/scientist Gregory Olsen. Soon after, private space traveling for paying tourists was temporarily put on hold when Soyuz vehicles became the only available transport to the International Space Station after the Columbia disaster. Private companies in Russia, Europe and the United States are competing to become future leaders of space tourism. Even though analysts envision space tourism travel becoming more and more popular, development is a slow process. Analysts say floating space hotels are on the horizon, but until space travel is more affordable, there will not be a substantial market for the hotels. For more information on space tourism, simply choose any space tourism article or other interactive feature below. Featured Space Tourism Stories » Space Tourism Survey Shows Cost, Access Key Selling Points » Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo Interior Concept » Jim Benson Exits SpaceDev to Start Space Tourism Company » OPINION: Space 'Adventurers' Paving The Way For the Rest of Us » X Prize Cup to Host NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge » ESA to Sponsor Space Tourism Work » New Survey Takes the Pulse of Public Space Travel » Confessions of a Space Tourism Operator » Orbital Dreams: New Launch Site in Hand for Private Spaceflight Firm » Rocket Racing: New League Promotes High-Flying Contest » Burt Rutan on Civilian Spaceflight, Breakthroughs, and Inside SpaceShipTwo » Space Tourism: Face Time with Earth » Space Adventures Offers $15 Million Spacewalks for ISS Visitors » Date of First Launch Set for New Mexico Spaceport » Wardrobe for the Weightless: Space Inspires Fashion Show » Space Travel Industry Needs More Data on Radiation Risk » Spaceports: Building up the Space Travel Industry » Get A Space Souvenir For Cheap » A Space Lottery: An Idea Whose Time Has Come » Space Tourism Firm Unveils Orbital Spacecraft Concept » NASA Spaceport to Host Zero-G Flights » Rocketeers Rev Up For X Prize Cup » Space Tourism: Marketing to the Masses » Space Tourism: Keeping The Customer Satisfied » Suborbital Dreams: One Year After SpaceShipOne's Historic Flight » Space Tourism: An 'Adventure Sport' In the Making » Space Tourism: Next Steps Taking Shape » The Space Show Prepares to Turn Four » Blue Origin Spaceport Plans are Talk of Texas Town » Zero G Flights Could Bolster Space Tourism, Research Industries » How Safe Is a Roller Coaster in the Sky? » Now Boarding! SpaceShipOne Paves Way for Passengers?
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