Current Space Tourism Developments

Abstract

This chapter provides a status update as of 2018 on space tourism offerings either currently available or actively in the development process. The aim is to perform an evaluation of how the offerings respond to the aspirations described in the earlier chapters and also to provide a basis for the discussion on implications of space tourism described in subsequent chapters. In addition to analyzing suborbital, orbital, and lunar developments, the chapter discusses the state of the infrastructure supporting space tourism advances. This provides a perhaps subdued reality when compared with the heady initial hopes.

Citation

Webber, D. (2019), "Current Space Tourism Developments", Space Tourism (Tourism Social Science Series, Vol. 25), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-504320190000025009