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Prospect of civil space tourism.

Although operators and consumers have high expectations for the future of space tourism, space tourism must go through several hurdles before it can become people's next tourist destination.

At present, the cost of orbital flight is $20 million, which makes space tourism just a "club for the rich". Therefore, reducing the cost is the key to expand the space tourism market. The safety risk of space flight cannot be ignored. In view of the high risk of space tourism, the FAA issued the first regulation for space tourism business, and temporarily did not force space tourism companies to ensure the personal safety of passengers, on the grounds that space tourism is still in its infancy; In the process of space tourism, tourists' bodies must be able to withstand the huge noise, vibration, overload and other tests when rockets take off, and at the same time, they must be able to endure strong radiation, long-term weightlessness and other conditions to improve the comfort of vehicles, which is also an important factor in the development of space tourism.

John Oz, president and CEO of Atlanta Aerospace Engineering Company, pointed out that if the space tourism market is to reach a certain scale, the price must be reduced to between 50,000 and 6,543,800 dollars each time before it can be accepted by the public. Reusable spacecraft has opened up an economical and feasible way to transport more civilian tourists into space. In July 2006, the first reusable "rocket plane" specially developed for space tourism was developed by XCOR, a California space tourism company, and successfully tested. The American Aerospace Industry Prospect Research Committee also suggested to develop a low-cost commercial space tourist spacecraft-space bus, which can take about 20 people at a time. The envisaged space bus belongs to a two-way orbital transport plane, which can transport tourists back and forth between the International Space Station and the ground. In June 2004, the Russian Space Agency, which also has extraordinary space capabilities, announced that they were going to use the C-2 1 spacecraft for paid manned flight activities, and the travel cost per person was only $6,543,800.

On February 27th, 20 13, the leading domestic high-end tourism brand "Exploration Travel" officially signed a contract with "Space Adventure Company" to introduce the world's most advanced private space travel project into the China market, and accept the reservation of China users, so that it can enter space as early as 20 14. SXC space travel will use Lynx Mark I and Lynx Mark II spacecraft of XCOR Aerospace Company. Bobcat-1 is expected to start its first subspace flight in 20 14, with an altitude of 6 1 km and a cost of 95,000 US dollars (about 580,000 yuan). Bobcat II spacecraft will be put into operation on 20 15. It will take tourists into space at an altitude of 103 km and fly over the internationally recognized space boundary (100 km). The cost is divided into two stages: 220,000 US dollars and 654.38 million US dollars.

Although there are still many problems in realizing space tourism, people still believe that with the development of space technology, the "popularization" of space tourism will become a reality in the near future.

With the progress of science and technology, space tourism will be closer and closer to us. In the near future, people's rocket launching ability will be gradually enhanced, and the launching comfort will be greatly improved. With the improvement of carrying capacity, large-scale space travel will be realized.

Scientists have long planned to launch artificial celestial bodies into space. Huge artificial celestial bodies can be used for space migration, but there are still many problems to be solved. With the progress of science and technology, artificial celestial bodies will definitely become a reality. In the future, a large number of people will immigrate to artificial celestial bodies, and then they can live in space.