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- Space Future has been on something of a hiatus of late. With the concept of Space Tourism steadily increasing in acceptance, and the advances of commercial space, much of our purpose could be said to be achieved. But this industry is still nascent, and there's much to do. So...watch this space.
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Events / Tourism (Good)
25 June 2001 by Peter Wainwright
3rd STA Space Travel and Tourism Conference
The Space Travel and Tourism Division
of the Space Transportation Association hold their third annual one-day space tourism conference, Going Public 2001, in Washington on the 25th of June:
of the Space Transportation Association hold their third annual one-day space tourism conference, Going Public 2001, in Washington on the 25th of June: / Tourism (Good)
1 May 2001 by Patrick Collins
An American Hero
Dennis Tito's space flight is a resounding victory for freedom, democracy, Russia and capitalism in space - over the forces of government control, bureaucracy, Goldin's Nasa and monopoly.
News / Tourism (Good)
28 April 2001 by Carol Pinchefsky
First Space Tourist Checks In
Today, 28 April 2001, the future finally became the present. Despite last-minute glitches (seen as more political than technical by some), the age of space tourism has officially begun. Denis Tito, the first paying space tourist, is now rocketing on his way toward the International Space Station (ISS). Space Future wishes him well and looks forward to private citizens in space as a beginning of a new era. For more information, see this BBC news article.
Events / Tourism (Good)
12 April 2001 by Peter Wainwright
Party marks 40th Anniversary of Gagarin's flight
On April 12, space afficionados around the world will be banding together to celebrate Yuri's Night. 12 April 2001 marks the 40th anniversary of Yuri
Gagarin's flight into space in 1961.
's flight into space in 1961. Reports / Tourism (Good)
1 April 2001 by Peter Wainwright
Space tourism speech stirs up the crowd
SpaceProjects.com's Rich Robins has written a report of the recent FAA conference on space transportation, with a special focus on Patrick Collins and issues close to Space Future's heart:
conference on space transportation, with a special focus on Patrick Collins and issues close to Space Future's heart: News / Tourism (Good)
28 February 2001 by Patrick Collins
Under the title "Money Could Buy Next Giant Leap In Space, Aldrin Says", Reuters' Dayan Candappa reported a meeting between Buzz Aldrin and Arthur C Clarke in which they agreed that space tourism is IT.
/ Tourism (Good)
23 January 2001 by Patrick Collins
Space Future's Unique Vision Gaining Ever-Wider Acceptance
In the blizzard of media discussion of what the 21st Century will be like, the number of journalists who recognise the role that passenger space travel will play in the world economy is vanishingly small. Yet passenger space travel will bring about a transformation of the world economy in the 21st century as significant for human development as the European 'Renaissance' in the 15-16th centuries.
News / Tourism (Good)
13 December 2000 by Patrick Collins
German TV show to fly 7 contestants to space station
Space tv AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German television production company Brainpool of Cologne, is reported to have made reservations for 7 flights in the Russian 'Soyuz' launch vehicle between 2002 and 2008 to allow selected people to visit the Russian sector of the International Space Station.
Events / Tourism (Good)
20 October 2000 by Patrick Collins
French Space Agency Finally Uses the 'T Word' (with an 'e')
Well, it happens to everyone eventually.
News / Tourism (Good)
27 September 2000 by Carol Pinchefsky
According to this CNN article, NBC has secured the rights to screen _Destination Mir_ for US$40 million. This guarantees a second visit by the general public, albeit a contest winner, to the Mir space station.
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