Space Tourism

After initial successes in space, many people saw intensive space exploration as inevitable. In the minds of many people, such exploration was symbolized by wide public access to space, mostly in the form of space tourism. Those aspirations are best remembered in science fiction works (and one children's book), such as Arthur C. Clarke's A Fall of Moondust and also 2001: A Space Odyssey, Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Joanna Russ's 1968 novel Picnic on Paradise, and Larry Niven's Known Space stories. Lucian in 2 A.D. in his book True History examines the idea of a crew of men whose ship travels to the Moon during a storm. Jules Verne also took up the theme of lunar visits in his books, From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. Robert A. Heinlein's short story The Menace from Earth, published in 1957, was one of the first to incorporate elements of a developed space tourism industry within its framework. During the 1960s and 1970s, it was common belief that space hotels would be launched by 2000. Many futurologists around the middle of the 20th century speculated that the average family of the early 21st century would be able to enjoy a holiday on the Moon.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• aviation
• space

[gucker07]

The music is extremely annoying. Otherwise good effort.

[anuragis2fast]

thanks, man....

[Filipe112]

Shut up, man. This is the future!! If you weren't so ignorant, you would know that. And I know what I am talking about too, I am an Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering student. So, shut your pie hole!!!

[Filipe112]

Stupid asshole, you know nothing! You shut up, you fake idiot!

[DoomDriver]

This kind of ships are going to be very useful to escape from this planet, when bankruptcy rule the world!!

[rampike74]

I hate this "tourism" phrase. How about "private exploration"?

[jag9998]

Great idea for the launch vehicle, but I think it would be easier (with the precious little funding these kinds of project pull in) to just use a modded jumbo jet for launch. I can't understand why Virgin Galactic is wasting so much money on the White Knight platform and a fancy space port when they could be using that money to build the launch vehicle. The military has always just launched things from B-52s, and they're all for wasting money! Exceptional Video

[lewisUK9393]

first you get space tourist then german space tourist an were all fucked

[theinsane102]

very nice, but where are the links???

[bigstiggerNo1]

Em, in your dreams maybe. Nice graphics, poor theory:). Try again, it's looking a bit backwards mate. Maybe you saw the Space shuttle braced to the back of a 747 then got carried away. That is just to ferry the shuttle home when it can't land there! They can fly it back from Spain you know! Spain is a back up landing site for launch errors!

[Zneo1000]

No FREAKING DUH!

[Yevv]

very nice animation

[blackbelt0807]

well i must know somthing when i know sonthing is fake so SHUT UP!!!!