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Not sure why you got downvotes. You are correct. Tourists drive a whole lot of the economy in many nations and its where many people work. At the moment it migh

by nickik 6y ago

Not sure why you got downvotes. You are correct. Tourists drive a whole lot of the economy in many nations and its where many people work. At the moment it might be tourism for rich people, but that's how it has to start.

BurningFrog 6y ago
I guess people find it vulgar. Space should be for noble missions in the service of all mankind.
- ric2b 6y ago
  Because the tax payer has paid for nearly all of this and the goal was certainly not for some billionaire couple to get into the hundred mile high club.
  - avmich 6y ago
    Yes, the goal was for everybody to get into the club. Billionaires wold just get there faster, for a fee. Similarly like it happened with aviation. Sergey Korolev was pretty comfortable with the idea.
    - ric2b 6y ago
      That's a pipedream, the fuel costs (and pollution) alone make that impossible in any sustainable way.
    - runarberg 6y ago
      Aviation gets us from a place where people live to another place where people live. Everyday people are still not going on tourist visits to Antarctica. There is no reason to believe everyday people will go on rockets that takes them to space in any foreseeable future.
      - tluyben2 6y ago
        If it would be cheaper and safer they would; I do not know any billionaires but I know a lot of people who went to Antartica as tourists. They would go into space as well, but currently it is not only dangerous (compared to many or all modes of travel we have on earth?), it is only feasible for billionaires.
- dwaltrip 6y ago
  People want to go, and is soon as it is possible, they will. Regardless of how "vulgar" some think that is. Barring any severe buckling or collapse of civilization (knock on wood), technological development and economic growth will make this a largely inevitable result, whether it be this decade or a century from now. Humanity will venture far and wide into space. And I must say, it is rather narrow-minded to think that the entire broader universe should be closed off to the unclean masses.

by nickik 6y ago

BurningFrog 6y ago

I guess people find it vulgar. Space should be for noble missions in the service of all mankind.

ric2b 6y ago
Because the tax payer has paid for nearly all of this and the goal was certainly not for some billionaire couple to get into the hundred mile high club.
- avmich 6y ago
  Yes, the goal was for everybody to get into the club. Billionaires wold just get there faster, for a fee. Similarly like it happened with aviation. Sergey Korolev was pretty comfortable with the idea.
  - ric2b 6y ago
    That's a pipedream, the fuel costs (and pollution) alone make that impossible in any sustainable way.
  - runarberg 6y ago
    Aviation gets us from a place where people live to another place where people live. Everyday people are still not going on tourist visits to Antarctica. There is no reason to believe everyday people will go on rockets that takes them to space in any foreseeable future.
    - tluyben2 6y ago
      If it would be cheaper and safer they would; I do not know any billionaires but I know a lot of people who went to Antartica as tourists. They would go into space as well, but currently it is not only dangerous (compared to many or all modes of travel we have on earth?), it is only feasible for billionaires.
dwaltrip 6y ago
People want to go, and is soon as it is possible, they will. Regardless of how "vulgar" some think that is. Barring any severe buckling or collapse of civilization (knock on wood), technological development and economic growth will make this a largely inevitable result, whether it be this decade or a century from now. Humanity will venture far and wide into space. And I must say, it is rather narrow-minded to think that the entire broader universe should be closed off to the unclean masses.