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	Howstuffworks "How Space Tourism Works"
		The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space.
		There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades.
		The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.
	www.howstuffworks.com /space-tourism.htm (396 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Space Tourism Works"
		The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space.
		Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station on April 30, 2001.
		There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades.
	science.howstuffworks.com /space-tourism.htm (366 words)

	Space Future - Space Tourism
		But this idea of Space Tourism isn't at all familiar to most people, including the space industry, who are used to the idea that space is for research or military activities.
		Space offers unique pleasures including the view, and zero gravity activities that provide a whole range of things to do on an orbital holiday - including space sports.
		Importantly, and contrary to what many people assume, the space agencies are not at all interested in space tourism, and are not trying to bring it about.
	www.spacefuture.com /tourism/tourism.shtml (401 words)

	Space Policy and Space Tourism
		Space travel was the next leap, allowing us to place scientific instruments and observatories in orbit, to send robot probes to the planets, and to travel into space and to the Moon ourselves.
		For example, Bigelow Aerospace is designing a private space station that it hopes to launch in several years for a fraction of the cost of the ISS, providing a place for private travelers to stay as well as for scientific and other commercial activities.
		Other ways to help the space sector in general and thus private space travel would be to create and enterprise zone in orbit, to not tax or regulate commercial activities off the Earth's surface.
	www.cato.org /testimony/ct-eh062601.html (3307 words)

	Breaking the final frontier - CNN.com
		Space Adventures' latest plan is to move into the sub-orbital space flight market as well as continue to offer truer space travel experiences.
		"Space is risky, and safety will be one of the defining factors in the development of space tourism for the first few years," Anderson told CNN.
		Willis Inspace, a space insurance company believe that the early years will be especially difficult for space tourism companies as any hiatus in activity following a fatal accident could be just as catastrophic for their business.
	www.cnn.com /2006/TECH/science/11/03/ft.spacetourism (1194 words)

	Space Elevators, Space Hotels, and Space Tourism
		space elevator) is of the same order of magnitude as the hotel itself (and two order of magnitude greater than the mass of the launch vehicle, which allows the system to remain in a relatively round orbit both before and after the launch vehicle docks).
		Rigid trusses spaced along the tether (maybe only one per mile to minimize total truss mass) would hold all the elements in position, and redistribute the load to remaining cables should one or two be severed (this also makes it easier to replace damaged sections of the tether).
		Much lighter cable ties might be spaced in between the main trusses, to transfer lateral coriolis loads from the gondola track to the main tether cables (the coriolis acceleration happens because the gondola gains tangential velocity as it moves up the tether).
	members.aol.com /Nathan2go/SPELEV.HTM (11442 words)

	Space Tourism
		According to the Space Tourism Initiative, a survey completed by the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) in 1995, in North America (U.S. and Canada) of 1020 households concluded that overall, 60% of those surveyed were interested in traveling to space for a vacation.
		The Space Transportation Association (STA) represents the interests of organizations and people who are engaged in developing, building, operating, and using space transportation vehicles, systems, and services to provide reliable, economical, safe, and routine access to space for private users and government, civil, and military users.
		According to the Space Policy Institute and the International Institute of Tourism Studies at The George Washington University, the first market research on the demand for space tourism was conducted in Japan in 1993.
	aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov /HAS/cirr/em/6/7.cfm (1948 words)

	Companies plan more space tourism - Apr. 30, 2001
		Space Adventures, a Virginia company that arranged Tito's flight Saturday to the International Space Station, has already taken 150 customers to 80,000 feet, just to the edge of the earth's atmosphere, where the darkness of space and the curvature of the earth are visible.
		A survey from Space Adventures puts the cost most interested space travelers are willing to pay in the range of 30 percent of gross salary, with those who are less wealthy actually willing to pay a greater percentage of their current earnings.
		Space Island Group says it can build this station and a fleet of six shuttles and be flying passengers there for $1 million to $2 million each within seven years.
	money.cnn.com /2001/04/30/travelcenter/space_tourism (2292 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon
		Space fever was so intense that by 1969 Pan-Am, one of the world's most respected airlines, opened a waiting list for a moon shuttle.
		Budding space tourists were certain that the space shuttle was the answer to their dreams.
		Space tourists should be screened to ensure they are not terrorists.
	www.bbc.co.uk /sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/space.shtml (794 words)

	New Space Tourism
		This was a conscious imitation of the sort of early aviation prizes that led Lindbergh to cross the Atlantic.
		Commercial space capsule being developed by SpaceX as a shuttle to take crews and cargo to the International Space Station and the Bigelow Commercial Station from 2010 on.
		Dream Chaser was to service the commercial space tourism market, and provide NASA with routine, safe and affordable crew access to the International Space Station after the retirement of the shuttle in 2010.
	www.astronautix.com /craftfam/newurism.htm (1688 words)

	FOXNews.com - FAA Issues 1st-Ever Space Tourism Rules - Science News \| Current Articles
		Space Adventures Ltd. of Vienna, Va., is making similar plans, as are other outfits.
		The entrepreneurs competing to fly people into space have been pushing for the rules to establish a legal framework for their ventures.
		Passengers must be informed in writing about the risks of the vehicle type they're using, and that space travel in general carries the risk of death or serious injury.
	www.foxnews.com /wires/2006Dec15/0,4670,SpaceTourism,00.html (772 words)

	Space tourism: ready for the masses? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Space Adventures is a veteran in the space tourism industry, already having sent three affluent individuals, since 2001, to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Russian Soyuz craft; the firm has scheduled two more participants, as well as a back-up, to complete the necessary training in Star City, Russia for further journeys to the station.
		Space Adventures is planning to book flights on both the Myasishchev Design Bureau’s Explorer, an M-55X air-launched spacecraft design, and the XCOR Xerus, a ground-launched, horizontal launch and landing, rocket-propelled spacecraft.
		Space Adventures is working with Prodea, the investment company owned by the Ansari X Prize founders, to fund the development and operation of the Explorer.
	www.janes.com /transport/news/misc/janes060620_1_n.shtml (1258 words)

	Science Show - 14 October 2006 - Space tourism
		He's talking about space tourism, and you'll have seen in the papers that the first female tourist returned from the space station on September 29th after spending 11 days up there.
		Technically you would indeed be going into space but the period of weightlessness or free-fall at the top of the flight-path will last only a handful of minutes.
		In terms of space tourism, it seems unlikely that there will be a hotel in space any time within the next several decades.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/scienceshow/stories/2006/1764405.htm (1072 words)

	HobbySpace - Space Tourism
		Suborbital tourism: At least three companies are expected to begin selling rides in the 2007-2008 time frame on spaceships that will fly the X PRIZE style trajectory to 100 km or higher.
		Space Adventures and several other companies are also offering reservations on future sub-orbital flights and also on MIGs and aircraft flying parabolic trajectories to provide periods of microgravity.
		Hurtling into the space tourism industry:Space Adventures is leaping ahead of well-known rivals in the race to launch regular Joes into space.
	www.hobbyspace.com /Tourism (6056 words)

	Space Tourism: The Next Steps
		But sub-orbital space tourism on privately developed vehicles is still a couple of years away.
		Space Adventures would look forward to buying flights from them as one of several potential vehicles we could work with.
		SD: The space tourism legislation was passed by Congress at the eleventh hour, and some people thought it would not pass at all.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/tourism-05c.html (1415 words)

	Space Tourism Gallery - AOL Research & Learn
		Learn about space tourism in its present form and how space tourism might work in years to come.
		A new type of space tourism lets you experience weightlessness a bit closer to Earth.
		Space shuttle mission specialist Lisa Nowak says the development of private spaceflights is fantastic -- and that there is a place for NASA, too.
	reference.aol.com /space/space-tourism (185 words)

	SPACE.com Space Tourism
		Launched into space in a Russian Soyuz capsule, Tito proved that traveling beyond Earth's gravity was not just the province of a select few, but that anyone with drive, determination - and at this point in history, a lot of money - could become an astronaut.
		Space tourism is a fledgling industry, born out of necessity, yet driven by the same curiosity and ambition that took humanity to the Moon; it appears to be here to stay.
		In Russia, Europe and the United States, private companies are already vying to become space tourism leaders.
	www.space.com /spacetourism (248 words)

	Space DEW - Space Tourism
		Space Adventures will open space flight and the space frontier to private citizens.
		As the leading provider of space experiences to people on Earth, Space Adventures is in a unique position to open the space frontier for people from all over the world and to provide countless new opportunities for exploration and enterprise over the coming years.
		Features news and an e-zine dedicated to space tourism, habitats and vehicles by a pro-space group.
	www.spacedew.com /search/Space_Tourism (201 words)

	Space tourism companies aiming for orbit - space - 24 August 2005 - New Scientist Space
		Space tourism companies are aiming to send their customers into orbit on beefed-up versions of existing spacecraft designs.
		Suborbital space only requires the spaceships to reach three times the speed of sound, or Mach 3.
		A prototype about one-third the size of the future hotel is set to blast into space in late 2005 or early 2006.
	space.newscientist.com /article/dn7897-space-tourism-companies-aiming-for-orbit.html (684 words)

	Amazon.com: Space Tourism: Do You Want to Go?: Apogee Books Space Series 49 (Apogee Books Space Series): Books: John ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The book took a look at several things, including the state of affairs in space tourism over the last 20-30 years, design studies for future orbital yachts, and current efforts to engage the tourism and entertainment industries with the "space geeks".
		Today we are on the cusp of a space tourism industry as being witnessed by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galatic announcement to forge the Southwest Regional Spaceport in New Mexico into a significant launch facilities for hundreds of fare paying passengers before the end of the decade.
		His modeling the nascent Space Tourism industry after the super yatch and cruise industry is an example of how he "thinks outside the sphere".
	www.amazon.com /Space-Tourism-Want-Apogee-Books/dp/1894959086 (1521 words)

	CNN.com - Space tourism solution for NASA budget woes? - June 27, 2001
		Opening space to paying amateurs would boost the demand for transportation into orbit and eventually cut the cost of space access by up to 70 percent, added Aldrin, who followed in the lunar footsteps of Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
		The former NASA astronaut said new launch vehicles developed in response to space tourism could help build space hotels and lift off with massive military payloads such as space-based lasers.
		Rick Tumlinson, president of the Space Frontier Foundation, said that too much attention was being given to transforming the unfinished space station into a tourist destination.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/TECH/space/06/27/tourism.space/index.html (621 words)

	CNN.com - Space - Part 3: Space Tourism - December 27, 2000
		The President of Space Island Group sees a day when space flights are routine, where giant space hotels and entertainment centers spin slowly in low Earth orbit, and a week's stay costs about $10,000.
		Imagine a giant bicycle wheel floating in space with the tanks strung end-to-end to form the rim.
		Eventually it plans to lure companies into space with the promise of affordable leases for microgravity research and manufacturing.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/space/12/27/part.three (1126 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| US draws up space tourism rules (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Space tourists must be screened to ensure they are not terrorists, according to proposed regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
		The FAA also suggests space tourism companies check the global "no-fly" list, from the US Homeland Security Department, to exclude potential terrorists.
		Space tourists should also be given pre-flight training to handle emergency situations such as a loss of cabin pressure or fire.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4589072.stm (407 words)

	YouTube - EADS Astrium Space Tourism
		Space tourism is expected to start regularily in about another five years.
		Astrium has unveiled a revolutionary new vehicle for space tourism at a special VIP event in Paris ahead of the Le Bourget Airshow.
		As single industrial prime contractor for Ariane 5, main European contributor to the International Space Station and as a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, Astrium has the necessary expertise and know-how for manned space flight.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=gck_qAnLcKg (725 words)

	Space Watch: Private Space, More Rules
		When the 108th Congress passed an updated commercial space law in its waning hours last November, the enthusiasm and joy from the commercial space community was almost universal.
		Even commentators unrelated to space exploration, such as The Motley Fool, which normally focuses on stock-market advice, said "it was the Feds who were responsible for potentially jump-starting sub-orbital space tourism.
		George Nield, deputy administrator at the FAA's Commercial Space Transportation office, closed the conference by noting ho w Feb. 11 was the 158th anniversary of Thomas Edison's birth.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/tourism-05h.html (1331 words)

	SPACE.com -- Space Tourism Seeking Public Investors
		In Oklahoma, a state tax credit was key to getting Rocketplane Ltd. funded to begin work on a reusable launch vehicle for space tourism flights that would originate from one of the state's old Air Force bases.
		Such disparate approaches to funding the entrepreneurs of the new small-scale commercial space race emerged as one of the themes of this year's annual conference of the Space Frontier Foundation, a group that hopes to expand space access beyond government programs.
		Spencer also suggested that there was a strong basis in the statistics of ''Earth-based space tourism'' to promote actual spaceflight.
	www.space.com /news/tourism_investors_041012.html (689 words)

	Survey targets space tourism market - Space.com - MSNBC.com
		The poll judged the level of interest in, and willingness to pay for, space tourism experiences among those people with the means to plunk down cash for such flights.
		The overall space tourism market is very promising, and could generate revenues in excess of $1 billion per year by 2021.
		Suborbital space tourism will generate the largest demand, with the potential for 15,000 passengers and $700 million in revenues per year by 2021.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14558671 (1184 words)

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