Development of new Space Vehicles for Future Space Tourism

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Development of New Space Vehicles for Future Space Tourism

Introduction

A lot of people nowadays consider ordinary space travel and tourism as an outlandish vision for the next century and for the upcoming future On the other hand , scientists and futurists say that space tourism is a possible subject and possibility that current aeronautics and space science will lead to in the next

few years . Other people view space tourism as a complete waste of resources given the multitude of earthbound problems that needs to be solved before having a nice flight back and forth from space . In spite of all these foreseen problems space tourism is a reality that many people await and envision . These people comprise of visionaries and business men who are currently building the required facilities to make space tourism possible and who also have the courage to believe in the idea that space tourism can be a reality

Space tourism is essentially spaceflight which has been funded by personal interests for the purposes of personal satisfaction . Likewise space tourism is very similar to any tourist vacation in the Bahamas or in the Caribbean or in any destination in Earth . Some of the personal reasons for spending on space tourism comprise the very unique experience of having been into space , the experience of weightlessness the ability to view the curvature and disk of the earth , as well as the status of having been one of the few people who have been space tourists

Objectives

To be able to gain knowledge from the space travel and tourism

To be able to explore the different possibilities in travelling through space

To be able to assess and evaluate current space travel methods and technology available today

To be able to assess the output of space tourism as a business

To be able to identify the problems encountered as a consequence to space travel and tourism proposals

To be able to briefly name and briefly discuss the possible future technologies for space travel

Literature Cited

Space Tourism is the term that 's come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back . Many people find this idea futuristic . But over the past few years a growing volume of professional work has been done on the subject , and it 's now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today (Virgin Galactic Website . 2008

The first steps will just be short sub-orbital flights , like Alan Sheppard made in 1961 , since these are easier than getting to orbit . But the technical know-how to make passenger launch vehicles and orbiting hotel accommodation is available , and there is enormous unsatisfied demand market research has revealed that most people , at least in the industrialized countries , would like to take a trip to space...