With the world gone absolutely crazy and the economies hanging by their fingernails it is very easy to lose hope and give in to the negativity and chaos. There is a very specific reason I predict space tourism to capture the biggest share in this new world. There is no doubt economies around the world will collapse and the divide between the ultra rich and ultra poor will only grow. With the middle class wiped out the scope for tourism and its subsequent growth will be tough. but let's not be delusional and think by some miracle the super rich are going to go broke. No they wouldn't. With the world becoming unsafe and the Human urge to explore the rich will have no options when they are pitched those shiny irresistible addverts for space tourism buy mega corporations. Although space tourism is not new, The Russian space agency sent 7 tourist to space in 2000. but eventually scrapped the project by 2010. To be honest that was more of who will be first rather than it being a profitable business venture.
Presently there are 5 companies duking it out in the space
1. Virgin Galactic: The space craft which they named VSS Unity made its entry into space in 2018 for testing. But it is yet to send the tourist to the space although they have a long waiting list with initial deposit of £200,000.
2. Space X: If my opinion are of any worth I will put my two Satoshis on ELECTRIC JESUS Elon Musk's space X. I mean this guy has got the mojo. The Memelord and ex CEO of Dogecoin has taken a different approach to his competitors, while others are focusing on sub orbital and orbital trips. SpaceX is focusing on lunar tourism and other trips extending beyond Earth's orbit. in 2017 he even announced to send two space tourist but the plan has been delayed. With the launch of crew dragon the possibilities are very real and very near.
3: Blue Origin : With their renewable rocket named New Shepherd Blue Origin is also focused on orbital space flight. Backed by Deep pockets of Jeff bezos it would not be a surprise if they become the market leader in space tourism.
Other notable competitors are Boeing which has a partnership with NASA and Orion span which plans to build a space hotel in low Earth orbit.
The race is on but only those will survive which will not only make it supersafe but also affordable, one way of doing that is by sending the tourist along with cargo. So the next time when you hear about Space mining on Moon or other planets you can consider it a step closer to full on commercial space tourism.
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