HOW AMERICAN BILLIONAIRES TOOK SPACE TRAVEL TO SPACE TOURISM
American billionaires had took a giant leap into space tourism around the United States, players like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and recently the virgin boss Richard Brosnan
In 1961, a Soviet ship landed on space, the two pilots became instant sensation as the American pilot eventually contest for the US President.
Since then, the space has been used for recreational purposes. The first man associated with this is known as Tito, who paid $20 million for his flight on the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-32, spent seven days on board the ISS and is considered the world’s first space tourist.
However, given the arduous training required for his mission, Tito objected to the use of the word tourist, and since his flight the term spaceflight participant has been more often used to distinguish commercial space travelers from career astronauts.
But the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson has now radicalized space tourism. While Virgin galactic seek to invest in providing the service at a cost. The purpose of the two travel for now is slightly different, but Jeff Bezos the founder of blue origin auctioned a ticket at $28M shows a solitary purpose.
SpaceX owned by Elon Musk is seriously considering launching tourism service to the public than earlier stipulated period or time. The virgin franchise headed by Branson is already in a space tourism escapee with the Virgin Galactic set to launch July 17, a week ahead of Bezos's blue origin
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