Scenarios about 'space tourism'
The commercial industry focused on providing space travel experiences to private citizens for recreational, adventure, or leisure purposes. Space tourism emerged in the early 2000s with wealthy individuals paying millions to visit the International Space Station, and has evolved to include suborbital flights, planned orbital hotels, and potential lunar excursions. This sector represents the intersection of aerospace technology, luxury travel markets, and the ongoing privatization of space exploration.
What If Commercial Space Flight Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where private companies entered space travel decades before SpaceX and Blue Origin, fundamentally altering humanity's relationship with space exploration, technological development, and global economics.