Space Tourism: The New Frontier for Civilians

Space tourism is commercial spaceflight that lets civilians experience space travel.
The first space tourist, Dennis Tito, visited the ISS in 2001.
Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are pioneering the industry.
Suborbital flights offer a few minutes of weightlessness and views of Earth from space.
Orbital trips, like those to the ISS, last days or weeks and are far more expensive.
Tickets range from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars.
Space tourists must undergo training to handle launch forces and zero gravity.
In 2021, Inspiration4 became the first all-civilian orbital mission.
Future plans include space hotels and private space stations.
Space tourism marks the shift from government-only missions to private exploration.