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1、HowSpaceTourismWorksbyKevinBonsorSpacetourismisanideawhosetimehascome.It’sgoingtostartsoon,andit’sgoingtogrowrapidly,butthisideaisn’tatallfamiliartomostpeople,includingthespaceindustry,whoareusedtotheideathatspaceisforresearchormilitaryacticities.Fewpeopleareawareofhowmuchworkhasbeendonetosho
2、wthattourismisarealisticgoal,andhowrapidlythisworkisnowprocessing...WhatisSpaceTourism?SpaceTourismisthetermthat’scometobeusedtomeanordinarymenbersofthepublicbuyingticketstotraveltospaceandback.Manypeoplefindthisideafuturistic.Butoverthepastfewyearsagrowingvolumeofprofessionalworkhasbeendoneo
3、nthesubject,andit’snowclearthatsettingupcommercialspacetourismservicesisarealistictargetforbusinesstoday.IntroductiontoHowSpaceTourismWorksQ:Howmuchdoesaone-weekspacetourismtripcost?A:Thespacetourismindustryisofficiallyopenforbusiness,andticketsaregoingforamere$20millionfora1-weekstayinspace.
4、Makeyourreservationsnow.Thespacetourismindustryisofficiallyopenforbusiness,andticketsaregoingforamere$20millionforaone-weekstayinspace.DespitereluctancefromNASA,RussiamadeAmericanbusinessmanDennisTitotheworld'sfirstspacetourist.TitoflewintospaceaboardaRussianSoyuzrocketthatarrivedattheInterna
5、tionalSpaceStationonApril30,2001.Thesecondspacetourist,SouthAfricanbusinessmanMarkShuttleworth,tookoffaboardtheRussianSoyuzonApril25,2002,alsoboundfortheISS.GregOlsen,anAmericanbusinessman,becametouristnumberthreetotheISSonOctober1,2005.OnSeptember18,2006,AnoushehAnsari,atelecommunicationsent
6、repreneur,becamethefirstfemalespacetouristandthefourthspacetouristoverall.ShewasalsothefirstpersonofIraniandescenttomakeitintospace.CharlesSimonyi,asoftwarearchitect,becamethefifthspacetouristonApril7,2007.Thesetripsarethebeginningofwhatcouldbealucrative21stcenturyindustry.Therearealreadyseve
7、ralspacetourismcompaniesplanningtobuildsuborbitalvehiclesandorbitalcitieswithinthenexttwodecades.Thesecompanieshaveinvestedmillions,believingthatthespacetourismindustryisonthevergeoftakingoff.PhotocourtesySpaceIslandGroupSpacehotelsmightbepop
