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SpaceX Inspiration4 mission will send 4 people with minimal training into orbit – and bring space tourism closer to reality

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
SpaceX Inspiration4 mission will send 4 people with minimal training into orbit – and bring space tourism closer to realityFour people – none of them trained astronauts – are scheduled to launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule on Sept. 15, 2021.NASA Johnson/Flickr, CC BY-NC

On Sept. 15, 2021, the next batch of space tourists are set to lift off aboard a SpaceX rocket. Organized and funded by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the Inspiration4 mission tou...

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