Space Tourismby Santa Bensone

Content

Definition

Offers

History

Social/Environmental/Economic Impacts

Today – Future

Just For Fun

Sources

Definition

restingrelaxing

fun explorationscience

For recreational, leisure or business purposes

Offers

Virgin Galactic

Flight out of orbit

$250,000

SpaceShipTwo

Offers

Mars One

One Way Ticket to Mars

Reality Show On Mars?

SpaceX

History

1961: Yuri Gagarin, the first to enter out-of-orbit space

2004: First private vehicle in space

547: Number of people having been in space until now

Social Impacts

Employment

Resources

Competition (large & growing population)

Diversity

Environmental Impact

Pollution

Terraforming?

Economic Impact

Renew Governmental technology -> 1% costs

Commercialization

Today - Future

Just For Fun

Zero Gravity Cocktail Glass

Keep fluid in glass, no need for straw (anymore)

“The public doesn't have to know anything about space, but they get drinks and they get cocktails.” Coniglio

Sources

http://www.nss.org/tourism/

http://www.virgingalactic.com/human-spaceflight/history-of-human-spaceflight/

http://www.spacefuture.com/tourism/timeline.shtml

http://www.space.com/topics/space-tourism/

http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-tourism.htm

http://www.economist.com/topics/space-tourism

http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2003/01/57164

http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/space_activities_space_tourism_and_economic_growth.shtml

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX#.22Red_Dragon.22_Mars_mission_concept

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/zero-gravity-cocktail-glass-for-space-tourism-in-style/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1FZHgv4HF4

http://spacetourismsociety.org/events /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oazFe2jbMxw

http://commercialspace.pbworks.com/f/2010+Measuring+Economic+Impacts+of+Space+Tourism.pdf

http://www.space-tourism.com/