Despite the high cost of one trip, it is here to stay
Wealthy people turn to space tourism, and environmental activists warn of it
Space tourism... is here to stay.
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Jeff Bezos.. promotes space tourism.
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The International Space Station is a favorite destination for space tourism.
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Launching spacecraft consumes a huge amount of fuel, which contributes to greatly pollute the atmosphere.
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Richard Branson.. took a tourist trip to space.
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Who would have guessed that it would be possible to go on a tourist trip to space?
The day has come, when you can now book a flight to the International Space Station and possibly a spacewalk.
You only need to release a lot of millions!
The cost of the trip to the International Space Station, jointly with the Russian space agency “Roskosmos”, is up to 56 million dollars, and the price of the spacewalk, which is scheduled for 2023 or 2024, is likely to be more than that.
Although cooperation between Russian and Western space companies, as well as between officials on both sides, has increasingly come into question amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, space tourism is here to stay.
Two flights by two billionaires in 2021, the first by British businessman Richard Branson last summer, followed shortly afterwards by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, the global e-commerce giant, made private spaceflights headlines.
And Bezos organized two more flights into space, carrying 10 passengers.
Despite all these space flights, there is no indication that they are witnessing a turnout.
It is not only related to its high prices, but also to the limited space of the space ships as well as the International Space Station, so that it cannot accommodate large numbers of tourists, and it is mentioned in this regard that only nine individuals have been able to visit the International Station since 2011.
However, space tourism has been met with many criticisms for its effects on the environment, and it has been described as a business directed at the wealthy and enjoyed by those with abundant money. Little interest in their impact on climate.
Activists point to the huge amounts of fuel needed for the launch of spaceship-carrying rockets, and the quantities of materials and supplies required for the flights, and according to activists' estimates, the impact of each individual participating in the flights on the climate is catastrophic.
• Only nine individuals have been able to visit the international station since 2011.
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