The year 2020 has come and with it the next Mars launch window. As such, several national space […]
Featured Image: A “streak shot” of the launch of Solar Orbiter from Cape Canaveral (Image credit: Next Horizons […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – After NASA’s Aerospace Advisory Council revealed on Thurs. Feb. 6 that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner […]
Featured Image: Solar Orbiter is removed from it’s shipping container in November 2019. (Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett) The […]
Firefly Alpha stand test causes fire and evacuation. No personnel injured. Rocket survived.
Featured Image: SpaceX Falcon 9 disintegrates into a fireball during the In-Flight Abort test on Sunday (Jan 19). […]
Featured Image: Launch of Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket booster with Yinhe-1 satellite. (Image Credit: CASIC) JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, […]
Featured Image: A Chinese Long March 2D awaits launch on Jan 15. (Image credit: China Aerospace Science and […]
Feature Image: Falcon 9 stands ready for IFA. (Image Credit: NASA) CAPE CANAVERAL – Saturday morning, the stage […]
Space tourism. The very term sounds like something from the far distant future. However, it is currently 2020, and this year could very well be the year in which the super-wealthy begin travelling to space as tourists. Both Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin seem to be on the cusp of bringing untrained, untested, but extremely wealthy individuals to space, if even for only a few moments. How did we get to this point, and what does the future hold for those who wish to “boldly go” to the edge of space, or even beyond?
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