Each individual trip could have more of an impact than your typical flight. Like full-on trips to space, chemicals used by ships at high altitudes may have a more significant impact on the environment than those exhausted at lower altitudes, Fawkes said. In the case of space tourism to the ISS, NASA puts the responsibility […]
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Space tourism company Virgin Galactic sends passenger into space for first time
Though SpaceX is the big name in the field, it’s not the only company planning to make tourists trips into space a reality. Virgin Galactic has also been working on a project to take private passengers outside of Earth’s atmosphere, and this week it sent its first passenger to the edge of space. Virgin Galactic […]
Space tourism: Latest New Shepard mission shows how its ride might look
[embedded content] With its eye on launching its first crewed flights before the end of this year — and space tourism rides after that — Blue Origin on Wednesday achieved another successful test flight of its reusable rocket system. The 10-minute event streamed live (above), giving viewers a clear look at the various stages of its […]