What prevents more citizens from following Denis Tito's footsteps
By Avi Blizovsky
New!!!! Space tourism expert
Now that the millionaire Dennis Tito has become a concept, the activity of
The factors that seek to bring the arrival of the vacation closer with zero gravity.
The experts see several steps required before we get to see flights
Publicity becomes a regular business.
If space tourism is to be within reach and routine, it must begin
from the ground The cost to the passenger is not the obstacle at the moment, nor is the fuel, she says
Angie Buckley, an engineer at Aerospace Corporation at the airport
Kirtland in New Mexico. The most expensive thing is the ground support.
Buckley is co-director of the Center for Completed Space Tourism Studies
Recently at the International Space University in France.
Like today's commercial aviation, says Buckley, the spaceships of
Tomorrow you will require as little time as possible of the aircraft on the ground, with
Regular and simple operation. This will allow the tools to be manipulated cheaply
which will also affect the price of the seat.
The question is how much would a plane ticket cost to orbit around the Earth. Well, the question
is how the question is asked. She says. Ask a person how ready he is
Paying to get to a place where there is harsh radiation, a problematic environment, is
may cause diseases, etc.
Buckley says more medical information is needed before sending civilians into space.
"The only data we have is about pre-existing astronauts
Extremely healthy. Until Mr. Tito flew, we had no information on how
A person from the street will feel in space.
The reality today is that putting passengers on the route is limited. There are only two
Ways to get a person into space - on the American space shuttle or
in Russian Soyuz spacecraft. At the moment it is possible, for example, to raise people to balloons
that will reach the edge of space and carry inside closed cells for living. the people
They will be able to see the curvature of the earth and the darkness of space from the windows
at a reasonable price. Moreover through the release of the gondola, they will be able to
The astronauts experience zero gravity until the parachutes and the vehicle open
will land safely on earth.
But there is still a need for a partnership between private companies and the government. summarizes
Buckley.
"We need a market and high volume demand for frequent launches." says
Peter Diamandis, chairman and founder of X PRIZE from St. Louis, Missouri.
According to him, people are an excellent cargo to start space travel with. they
They exchange and they bring a lot of money with them."
Diamondis says that there is fear among space industry people about launching Benny
A person. "We need an environment that will allow a change in this thinking. ” XPRIZE
Offers 10 million dollars to start space tourism activities through a competition
Among teams of entrepreneurs and rocket experts around the world. The money will come
For the group that will develop the first private spaceship that can carry at least
Three passengers to a suborbital altitude of 100 kilometers and back in two
Flights (of the same vessel) two weeks apart. All teams must be
privately funded.
So far twenty teams have entered the competition. The last one is of a group
Canadian based on the refinement of missiles from the XNUMXs.
To be continued.
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