Space Tourism: "Tourism and Life
in Space

One of the typical images of the future, in the collective unconscious, is the possibility of space flight and even of living in space for work or for tourism.
After the historic flight of Dennis Tito, this is not just a dream anymore. And many are already prepared to seize the opportunities offered by this new fronteer.

The Russians and the Japanese are among the pioneers in the commercial exploitation of space, but also senior american experts like Edwin Aldrin (second man on the moon) have their plans.

Rumors keep on surfacing about the involvement of Hilton Hotels, British Airways and Virgin with the Japanese, regarding a space hotel. Plans are rather advanced.
Since 1993, the Japanese Rocket Society have been working very hard indeed on their Kankoh-maru SSTO VTOL, a vehicle designed to carry 50 people up to space at a time from more or less any airport anywhere.

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