Tourism of Tomorrow is a high-profile issue
nowadays present because it´s gaining an importance worldwide, although at present
it is thought that the only people who have enough money can make use of this type of toursim, in this case
we will talk about space tourism .
Space Tourism
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SPACE TOURISM
What is space tourism ?
Space tourism is a form of tourism that is
carried out at more than 100 kilometers above the Earth , which is considered
the edge of space .
Nothing has been done only in transportation
and government space stations ; but at the beginning of XXI century private
initiatives have taken the first steps to make vehicles and tourist
accommodations.
Who was the first space tourist ?
The crew that would go down in history by
carrying the first space tourist . It was the American tycoon and former NASA
engineer Dennis Tito the first human being to travel into space only for
pleasure and payment , which is considered a tourist. Before and after others had
traveled into space on payment of the "free" space remaining on a
Russian launch , such as Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque held its second trip to
the ISS under this modality. The difference is that space tourists all others
were professionals Astronautics and working within a space agency. The first
spaceflight , like many other early voyages , had several difficulties to
overcome .
Returned to Earth on May 6, 2001 Upon
landing confessed: "I just returned from paradise despite being exhausted
, sweaty and so weak that I could not exit the Soyuz capsule on my own feet as
if they did my teammates.
Does Mexico and space tourism ?
Fernando de la Peña who was one of the main
drivers of the Mexican Space Agency announced that through the business,
Special Aerospace Applications ( AEXA ) , aim to create a space port in Mexico
to offer space tourism from 2014 takeoff flight would take place in Quintana
Roo, with private capital and government support of Quintana Roo, is looking
in a maximum period of two years, Mexico can count on these trips .
Costs are although high and can reach $200,000 per person in the United States, it is intended that in Mexico , is
down between 150 and 130 thousand dollars, " like everything new is
expensive, but we believe that over time these costs falling , as it will happened when
they began flights for aircraft ".
