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	Space Future - Designing the Orbital Space Tourism Experience
		If a tourist is spending, say, $5M to $10M for the experience, it would be unfortunate if the tourist was unable to enjoy the trip due to nausea and an unpreparedness to handle the zero-g situation.
		Since most of the orbital tourists will be active businesspersons, they may wish to undertake some activities related to their own businesses, such as advertising of new products, etc. provided that any equipment has been vetted for safety/mass impacts, and that the activities are not intrusive on the experience of fellow orbital tourists.
		When the tourists return to the spaceport, certain final stages of the spaceflight experience are completed, and the tourists are reunited with their families.
	www.spacefuture.com /archive/designing_the_orbital_space_tourism_experience.shtml (5626 words)

	SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE AND AERONAUTICS
		Space Tourism The hearing will review the issues and opportunities for flying non-professional astronauts in space, the appropriate government role for supporting the nascent space tourism industry, use of the Space Shuttle and Space Station for tourism, safety and training criteria for space tourists, and the potential commercial market for space tourism.
		Specifically, a strong and viable space tourism industry could ultimately fund the development of low-cost, reliable space tranportation vehicles and advanced technology that could be used for human exploration missions beyond the Earth.
		The United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada insisted that he was not sufficiently trained and that the pace of activity on ISS is too intense for the crew to be distracted by having a nonprofessional astronaut aboard.
	www.house.gov /science/space/jun26/space_charter_062601.htm (2310 words)

	Space Today Online - space tourists
		The Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos said there is a substantial preparation process for people flying to space so, after the sudden drop out of Lance Bass, no tourist would be aboard that October flight.
		She told reporters in Moscow in June 2002 that she was considering the $20 million trip to space in a Soyuz capsule with Russian cosmonauts.
		Space usually is described as being above 60 miles altitude, so the riders on this new rocket would be in space at 80 miles altitude.
	www.spacetoday.org /Astronauts/SpaceTourists.html (2310 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)

	Space Race 2: New rules for space tourists - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As far as the space tourists themselves, the aviation agency wants to require the launch-vehicle operators to disclose fully the risks of spaceflight aboard their vehicles as well as all other government and private launch and re-entry vehicles.
		The FAA wants space tourists to be told in no uncertain terms that flying on these uncertified vehicles may result in their deaths.
		The agency does not plan to certify the health of space tourists to fly, but leaves that decision up to a physician "trained in the concepts of aerospace medicine." Anyone who wants to travel in space would be required to provide his or her medical history to a physician for review.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050214-114131-8691r.htm (946 words)

	SPACE.com -- Energia Negotiates with 10 Potential Space Tourists
		The Energia Rocket Space Corp. is holding negotiations with about 10 possible candidates for a commercial space mission onboard a Soyuz TM spacecraft, Energia Department for Foreign Economic Relations head Alexander Derechin told Interfax on Monday.
		Three months are enough for preparations of a space tourist of the Tito kind, on the condition that a candidate knows Russian and has an engineering background, he said.
		People wishing to travel into space should first apply to the cosmonaut training center and undergo a medical examination at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/tourist_negotiations_010508.html (392 words)

	CNN.com - Tourists sign up for space trip - March 14, 2002
		It is working with the U.S. based company, Space Adventures, which helped the first space tourist, Dennis Tito, fly on the international space station for a reported $20 million last year.
		Tourists in the C-21 -- required to wear a space suit -- would train for only four days before departure, instead of the six months for orbital flights.
		Shuichi Okubo, a healthcare worker from Nagoya, Japan, and a budding space tourist, said that three minutes in zero gravity would be worth the $100,000.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/03/14/space.tourism/index.html (379 words)

	Space race for tourists able to pay the earth - World - smh.com.au
		BANGKOK: Tourists will soon be able to fly almost 100 kilometres into space to see the curve of the earth and experience weightlessness from a launch pad being built in Singapore.
		The venture is organised by Space Adventures, the US firm that sent the world's first space tourists on Russian craft to the International Space Station for week-long stays.
		Space Adventures' Stacey Tearne said: "We are the first and only company to have sent tourists to space.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/space-race-for-tourists-able-to-pay-the-earth/2006/02/17/1140151815918.html (417 words)

	Space Tourists Go to Singapore, and Beyond - Space - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The American company that arranged for multimillionaire tourists to hitch a ride into space on Russian rockets is planning to turn the island state into the world's main centre for space tourism.
		A spokeswoman for Space Adventures, Stacey Tearne, yesterday confirmed a report in Singapore's Straits Times that the company is planning to set up a launch pad and training centre, but refused to give any further details.
		Space Adventures arranged the journeys of the world's first three space tourists, Dennis Tito and Greg Olsen from the US and Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa.
	www.redorbit.com /news/space/395013/space_tourists_go_to_singapore_and_beyond/index.html?source=r_space (329 words)

	Space Race 2: New Rules For Space Tourists
		As far as the space tourists themselves, the aviation agency wants to require the launch-vehicle operators to disclose fully the risks of spaceflight aboard their vehicles as well as all other government and private launch and re-entry vehicles.
		The FAA wants space tourists to be told in no uncertain terms that flying on these uncertified vehicles may result in their deaths.
		The agency does not plan to certify the health of space tourists to fly, but leaves that decision up to a physician "trained in the concepts of aerospace medicine." Anyone who wants to travel in space would be required to provide his or her medical history to a physician for review.
	www.space-travel.com /news/tourism-05f.html (1105 words)

	Space Tours for Taikonauts -
		Space Adventures of Vienna, Virginia, is opening its first office in Beijing to introduce space tourism to well-heeled space tourists in the biggest and fastest-growing economy on the planet.
		Space Adventures recently outlined its next goal: For a cool $200 million, the company and the Russian space agency will send two private passengers on a flyby around the far side of the moon, with an optional ISS stopover.
		Space Adventures' charting out of a series of lunar missions, and China's increasingly ambitious schedule to send robot rovers and then humans to the moon, could eventually dovetail in a match made in the heavens and worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Anderson said.
	www.wired.com /science/space/news/2006/08/71647 (758 words)

	www.GovExec.com - NASA drafting rules for space tourists (5/7/01)
		Now that the space tourist portal has been opened, courtesy of a cash-starved Russia, NASA is scrambling to hash out the criteria under which future nonprofessionals can visit the space station.
		Space shuttle trips were granted to a Saudi Arabian prince and three politicians--Sen. (then-Rep.) Bill Nelson, D-Fla., former Sen. Jake Garn, R-Utah, and, of course, former Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, himself a former astronaut.
		Space equipment doesn't come cheap, and future waivers like this might ensure that space vacations would be strictly for the mega-moneyed.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0501/050701nj.htm (1613 words)

	Quantum - Space Tourists
		If successful, a trip into space for the average person could be less than three years away.
		But for the average person, the likelihood of a trip to Space is as much of a dream as ever.
		This means that if all goes according to plan, space tourism could be as little as 3 years away.
	www.abc.net.au /quantum/s203593.htm (314 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Space Tourism Works" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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.
		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.
	science.howstuffworks.com /space-tourism.htm (368 words)

	Discovery Channel :: News :: FAA: Space Tourists Fly at Own Risk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The guideline requires space travel operators to fully inform passengers of not only their vehicle's risks, but also the safety records of all private and government suborbital and orbital transit systems.
		Space tourists would be required to sign a document stating they understand they are flying aboard an uncertified craft and that they have been provided in writing information about the known hazards and risks associated with their trip, including the launch, which is generally considered the most dangerous part of space flight.
		To protect the flight crew, which is charged with safe operation of the spacecraft, the FAA wants to bar space tourists from carrying aboard knives, explosives, weapons and firearms.
	dsc.discovery.com /news/briefs/20050221/spacetourism.html (608 words)

	Space Encounters Mobile Planetarium - Space Tourism - Still people want to go into space!
		A dozen in round figures, eagerly await the results of their applications to be one of the next two space tourists.
		As with any qualified astronaut a space tourist must attain certain fitness and health criteria before they are cleared for the flight - yes, money talks as they say, but sometimes it simply doesn't shout loud enought to overcome all obsticles.
		Basically, the space programme has a difficult enough time justifying itself to the taxpayer, then throw in the loss of a shuttle and 7 astronauts...
	www.space-encounters.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17 (527 words)

	Universe Today - Space Tourists Willing to Risk Their Lives
		More than 100 potential space tourists have put their money on the line, and have set aside a $10,000 deposit with Space Adventures so they can be one of the first to head up on a suborbital flight.
		Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced today the results of an informal survey of the over 100 people who have paid deposits to fly on a suborbital vehicle.
		Space Adventures is the marketing and experiences operation partner for several of the leading space vehicle manufacturing companies and is the only company currently accepting deposits from suborbital clients, currently totaling over $2,000,000 (USD).
	www.universetoday.com /am/publish/space_tourists_willing_risk_lives.html (772 words)

	ATLAS aerospace - Russian space travel agency, commercial training of cosmonauts and space tourists, commercial space ...
		ATLAS aerospace - Russian space travel agency, commercial training of cosmonauts and space tourists, commercial space flights on the Russian segment of the International Space Station and Soyuz space vehicles.
		The "ATLAS Aerospace" company was set up at the end of 1999 to perform the commercial training of "cosmonaut-researchers" and "space tourists - participants of a space flight" and to accomplish commercial space missions on board the Russian "Soyuz" space vehicles, as well as on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
		Possessing a unique experience and knowledge in organization of space training and realization of space flights on the commercial basis, the "ATLAS Aerospace" in close cooperation with its partners was the first in the world to pave the way into space to all people of our planet regardless of their social and professional status.
	www.atlasaerospace.net /eng/about.htm (345 words)

	Spaceports: No Space Tourists Until 2009, Roscosmos Spokesman Says
		The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos has announced no further space tourists will fly to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz TMA until 2009 with all seats for the remainder of the year and throughout 2008 having been already assigned.
		The name of next space tourist is to be announced very soon by the Virginia-based Space Adventures, which by agreement with Roscosmos engages in the marketing of space travel to the ISS.
		I know that Bigelow doesn't want to be thought of as the Space Hotel king, but if Space Adventures could pony up some money to buy a Bigelow structure and attach it to the ISS, they could improve the livability of the ISS six-man crew and make the tourists a lot happier as well.
	spaceports.blogspot.com /2007/04/no-more-space-tourists-until-2009.html (808 words)

	SPACE.com -- Space Tourists to Station on Hold
		That's the word this week from Russian Space Agency chief Yuri Koptev, who said that because of the Columbia tragedy it's important that every available seat be made available for future crew rotations to the outpost.
		Similarly, the European Space Agency (ESA) has pledged in public comments support for keeping the space station permanently manned, even if that should mean temporarily giving up seats on Soyuz taxi missions in favor of flying the long-duration expedition crews.
		Astrosociology is the study of astrosocial phenomena (social/cultural patterns related to space), a multidisciplinary field open to all scientists and engineers interested in "space and society" issues.
	space.com /missionlaunches/sts107_tourism_030205.html (1021 words)

	washingtonpost.com: U.S., Russia Agree to Allow 'Space Tourists'
		Russia's cash-poor space agency collected $20 million from Tito for a ride to the space station in April and is eager to sign more contracts.
		But NASA bristled, complaining that wealthy sightseers should not be able to simply buy their way into space at the expense of safety or more important operational priorities.
		The country's space programs will be reorganized to spin off companies in which the state will hold at least 51 percent of the stock but provide just 20 percent of the funding.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A57163-2001Aug10?language=printer (486 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science -- U.S. space tourists would face security checks
		While actual tourist flights from the United States to the leading edge of Earth's orbit are likely several years away, companies from several countries are racing to refine their space technology to satisfy regulators and make it affordable, reliable and safe.
		The FAA said in a draft proposal last week that commercial operators would have to advise passengers about all safety risks, including the number of flights by the space vehicle and the number of problems experienced on the ground and during flight.
		Passengers also would have to clear a security check – similar to airline passengers' – to guard against any chance a space tourist would try to destroy the rocket or interfere with the flight crew and use it as a weapon.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/20060103-1630-space-tourists.html (358 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Space tourists offered walkabout
		Space Adventures says the optional excursion will cost $15m (£8m) on top of the $20m cost for the flight.
		Private space explorers hoping to complete a spacewalk will also have to undergo an additional 190 hours of training, including underwater EVA simulations, spacesuit training and altitude chamber training sessions.
		Space adventures says the amount of training is less than for a typical astronaut.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/5204926.stm (650 words)

	USATODAY.com - Space tourism poised for blast off at spaceport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rocketplane Limited Inc. Vice President David Urie told the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority Wednesday the company will be the first in the nation with flights open to the public.
		Virginia-based Space Adventures, which has made a name for itself by coordinating trips for millionaires to travel on Russian rockets, is in negotiations with Rocketplane to buy a block of tickets to sell, Urie said.
		The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to grant the spaceport a space launch license in December, Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority Chairman Ken McGill said.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2005-06-23-space-tourism_x.htm?POE=TECISVA (552 words)

	CNN.com - Two tickets to space station go for $40 million - Dec. 17, 2003
		Two Americans have won the go-ahead to become the next tourists in space, and two more spots for a Russian rocket trip to the international space station are now on the market, the U.S. firm selling the spots said.
		These two space tourists won't be the first -- U.S. millionaire Dennis Tito and South African technology entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth forked over about the same amount to be launched into space in 2001 and 2002.
		Space Adventures expected their names to be revealed sometime in January.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/12/17/iss.tourists.reut/index.html (348 words)

	USNews.com: Taking tourists into space (6/7/04)
		If business is good, some of these space entrepreneurs believe, they could cut the tab to as low as $20,000.
		This is less than a third as high as the international space station, but it's essentially out of the atmosphere.
		Originally called the X Prize (it was recently renamed the Ansari X Prize to acknowledge a large donation), it offers $10 million to private operators of the first piloted, reusable vehicle to reach 100 kilometers in altitude twice in two weeks with room for three people.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/040607/7rocket.htm (600 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Door reopens for space tourists
		A U.S. company and the Russian space agency are to announce an agreement today to resume tourist flights to the International Space Station in 2004 or 2005, lifting a moratorium imposed after the Columbia shuttle disaster.
		Space Adventures, a company in Arlington, Va., devoted to space tourism, and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency said Tuesday that they had reached an agreement on April 30 to secure the two seats.
		The first tourist in space, U.S. businessman Dennis A. Tito, was reported to have paid $20 million for his eight-day flight to and from the space station aboard a Soyuz rocket in 2001.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/1957297 (355 words)

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