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I think it's more like: Land Travel -> Sea Travel -> Air Travel -> Space Travel

• jurjenh 17y ago
  And now we're entering an interesting new chapter in the travel industry. Hard to see useful reasons for sub-orbital flights as of yet (other than get from A to B with unique scenery, and "hey, look at how much money I have") but then again, I'm sure much the same was said about air travel in the early days. Regular docking with an orbital station would make space a lot more accessible, as you could then start using several types of ship to travel - one to get from earth to the station, then another for space, reducing the need for a vehicle to be efficient at both. Larger equipment can be hauled up in parts over multiple runs. Fresh food may even become commonplace in space... I'd love to peek into the future and see how this develops over the next 20 to 50 years or so. Will it be more like the space-based sci-fi, or more mundane, with space becoming another "offshore" location for work to be outsourced to.
  • Luc 17y ago
    Orbital stations need to move 'sideways' very fast to avoid falling back to earth - the ISS, for example, moves at about 27,000 km/h. You need a huge rocket to get into orbit, quite unlike the Virgin Galactic plane.
• unwind 17y ago
  -> Time Travel!!!11111