Zero gravity and moon landings: The race is on to make commercial space tourism a reality
Ever since Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk the moon in 1969, many have shared the dream of being able to explore outer space. While space exploration has been reserved for professional astronauts, it won’t be long until private citizens can book a flight out of Earth, with entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos in a race to make space travel a reality.
In fact, the next flight taking tourists to the Internation Space Station (ISS) could be happening as soon as 2021. Want to be amongst the first tourists to travel in space? Here are five companies that want to make space tourism—and maybe space colonisation—happen in the near future.