Thursday, March 22, 2012

Space tourism

  • Within a decade, the FAA is predicting that space tourism will become a billion-dollar industry, according to a Reuters report.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The risks of space tourism and other private spaceflight missions must be clearly understood and addressed if the burgeoning commercial space industry is to succeed, House lawmakers told the Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday (March 20).
  • (msnbc.com)
  • One way or another, you are going to have a chance to fly in space in your lifetime, even if you are middle aged.
  • (The Vancouver Sun)
  • As NASA ramps down its shuttle missions, a new landscape of opportunities is opening for private space pioneers to pick up contracts for commercial space trips.
  • (Death and Taxes)
  • an official with the Federal Aviation Administration said that the space tourism industry could become a $1 billion industry over the course of the next decade.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • On March 19 th, Ashton Kutcher became the 500 th person to throw down $200k on a ticket for Richard Branson's space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic.
  • (The Faster Times)
  • Virgin Galactic started taking reservations for space flight in 2007. At the time, the space tourism group promised flights to altitudes of roughly 62 miles, the AP reported.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • County Executive Michael Hein has said that would improve the visibility of the county tourism office. He also has said the move would save the county $15,000 a year in rent it currently pays to lease space for the Tourism Department.
  • (Daily Freeman)
  • In his remarks to the House panel, Nield said space tourism will grow to a billion-dollar industry within 10 years. To accommodate the increase in launches, he is asking for a 2 percent increase in AST's 2013 budget.
  • (Washington Post)

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