Space tourism sounds fun. But it could be terrible for the planet.
Space travel has environmental costs. For research, it might be worth it. To send Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and other wealthy tourists into orbit? That’s debatable.
Companies including SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Space Adventures want to make space tourism more common. And people are interested.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa spent an undisclosed sum of money to SpaceX in 2018 for a private trip around the moon and back. The trip is penciled in for 2023, although the Starship rocket still needs to prove it can reliably take off and land without exploding.
This month, someone paid $28 million to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard with the company’s owner, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, and his brother, Mark Bezos. That trip is scheduled for July. Read more...
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