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Space tourism – 20 years in the making – is finally ready for launch

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
Space tourism – 20 years in the making – is finally ready for launchSpace tourism has been slow to get off the ground. Nadia Bormotova/iStock via Getty Images Plus

For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream. On April 28, 2001, Dennis Tito achieved that lifelong goal – but he wasn’t a typical astronaut. Tito, a wealthy businessman, paid US$20 million for a seat on a Russian Soyuz s...

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