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Papers & Publications : Tourism : Economics

Published:	2004
Author:	Patrick Collins
Origin:	Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2004)

Abstract:	Despite having used some $1 trillion to develop space technology, government space agencies have not reduced the cost of space travel from what it was when Yuri Gagarin first flew to orbit in 1961. However, private activities aimed at realising space tourism have recently demonstrated the prospect of achieving sub-orbital space flights at 1/1,000 the cost of comparable flights performed by Nasa in 1961. The growth of sub-orbital tourism could lead on to orbital tourism services, for which there is known to be very large potential demand. The growth of a large space tourism industry will be very beneficial both for the space industry which is shrinking for lack of demand, and for the world economy as a whole at a time when unemployment is at historically high levels due to lack of new industries.
References:	Public Choice Economics and Space Policy: Realising Space Tourism The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (as amended): Some Observations Concerning the Departure of Our Civil Space Program from this Law Over the Past 10-12 Years And the Results to the Program From so Doing General Public Space Travel and Tourism - Volume 1 Executive Summary Status Report on Space Tour Vehicle Kankoh-Maru of Japanese Rocket Society Spaceflight Revolution Economically Viable Public Space Travel Researching the Space Tourism Market Public Space Markets - What We Know and What We Don't Know Orbital Considerations in Kankoh-Maru Rendezvous Operations Orbital Considerations in Kankoh-Maru Return Flight Operations Space Hotels: Civil Engineering's New Frontier Lost in Space Growing Popular Interest in Space Tourism: Challenge and Opportunity for Space Agencies A Single-Stage Vertical Take-off and Landing Space Transport for Lunar Settlement Establishment and Resupply Tourism in Low Earth Orbit: The Trigger for Commercial Lunar Development? The Future of Lunar Tourism Meeting the Needs of the New Millennium: Passenger Space Travel and World Economic Growth Rocket Dreams Space Tourism Market Demand and the Transportation Infrastructure Space Tourism: A Remedy for 'Crisis in Aerospace' Aviation Week and Space Technology Journal of Aerospace Engineering Acta Astronautica Space News Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
Referred to by:	Space Tourism: Recent Progress and Future Prospects Synergies Between Solar Power Supply from Space and Passenger Space Travel Space Tourism: Recent Progress and Future Prospects The Potential Importance of Passenger Space Travel Services Space Tourism: Recent Progress and Future Prospects The Economic Benefits of Space Tourism Economic Benefits of Space Tourism to Europe

Related Entries:	Yuri Gagarin SpaceShipOne Scaled Composites Dennis Tito Boeing Space Systems Kankoh-Maru Spacebus HTOL VTOL SSTO TSTO Japanese Rocket Society Bristol Spaceplanes Mir International Space Station LEO LOX Federal Aviation Administration Max Hunter
Keywords:	Tourism:Economics

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