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Sub-orbital Space Tourism: this was the beginning of space
tourism. The spacecraft launches with a substantial initial velocity
that pushes it out of the earth’s atmosphere. But this doesn’t throw
it entirely out of the gravitational sphere. The power is not enough
for orbiting, so it freefalls down once the engines are shut off.
- Space Tourism cost
The cost of each sub-orbital trip on the Soyuz spacecraft is reported
to be 200,000-250,000 million U.S. dollars. Other trips carried out
by different organizations were priced around the same margin.
Virgin Galactic recently announced that each of their tickets would
cost 450,000 U.S.D. for the upcoming missions.
- Space Tourism companies
Even though the industry is up and coming still, massive companies
are dominating the market. Space Adventures of Virginia, U.S.A,
was the first successful space tourism company. Elon Musk’s
SpaceX, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Amazon C.E.O.
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin are all set to fully launch their space
tourism business by 2022. Blue Origin recently conducted their
debut flight with Jeff Bezos. Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk were
the world’s youngest and oldest men in space, respectively.
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