{"id":50062,"date":"2021-07-29T18:30:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=50062"},"modified":"2021-07-29T18:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T17:31:41","slug":"how-bad-is-space-tourism-for-the-environment-and-other-space-travel-questions-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/07\/how-bad-is-space-tourism-for-the-environment-and-other-space-travel-questions-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"How bad is space tourism for the environment? And other space travel questions, answered."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50065\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/space-4888643_1280.jpg\" alt=\"How bad is space tourism for the environment? And other space travel questions, answered.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/space-4888643_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/space-4888643_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/space-4888643_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/space-4888643_1280-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">F<\/span>or many, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22583997\/billionaires-blue-origin-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-rockets-planes-commercial-space-tourism\">the rise of commercial space tourism<\/a>\u00a0is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2021\/07\/jeff-bezoss-space-trip-is-one-giant-leap-for-inequality.html\">vulgar display of wealth and power<\/a>. Amid several global crises, including climate change and a pandemic, billionaires are spending their cash on launching themselves into space for fun. When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told reporters after his first space tourism trip on Tuesday that Amazon customers and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/6\/29\/21303643\/amazon-coronavirus-warehouse-workers-protest-jeff-bezos-chris-smalls-boycott-pandemic\">employees<\/a>\u00a0had \u201cpaid\u201d for his flight, that only intensified that criticism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But critics won\u2019t deter Bezos and the other superrich. Space tourism is now a reality for the people who can afford it \u2014 and it will have repercussions for everyone on Earth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In fact,\u00a0all signs indicate that the market for these trips is already big enough that they\u2019ll keep happening. Jeff Bezos\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22522644\/jeff-bezos-astronaut-blue-origin-spacex\">spaceflight company Blue Origin<\/a>\u00a0already has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/blue-origin-two-more-crewed-flights-2021\">two more trips scheduled later this year<\/a>, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22570789\/richard-branson-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-spacex-blue-origin-virgin-galactic\">Virgin Galactic<\/a>, the space firm founded by billionaire Richard Branson, has at least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/celebrities-reserve-tickets-to-fly-space-richard-branson-virgin-galactic-2021-7\">600 people<\/a>\u00a0who have already paid around $250,000 each for future tickets on its spaceplane.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now, as the commercial space tourism market (literally) gets off the ground, there are big questions facing future space travelers \u2014 and everyone else on the planet. Here are answers to the six biggest ones.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>1. What will people actually be able to see and experience on a space trip?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The biggest perk of traveling to space is the view. Just past the boundary between space and Earth, passengers can catch a stunning glimpse of our planet juxtaposed against the wide unknown of space. If a passenger is riding on a Virgin Galactic flight, they will get about 53 miles above sea level. Blue Origin riders will get a little bit higher, about 62 miles above sea level and past the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, the internationally recognized boundary between Earth and space. Overall, the experience on both flights is pretty similar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article by Rebecca Heilweil, originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22589197\/space-travel-tourism-bezos-branson-rockets-blue-origin-virgin-galactic-spacex\">Vox<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As commercial space tourism has recently got off the ground, this article considers some of the issues and impacts, including emissions, safety and regulation. 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