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Status of Sub-Orbital Space Tourism Business  

Kim Kyoung-Ho ((주)씨앤스페이스 기술연구소)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.9, no.3, 2005 , pp. 145-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
Worldwide there is strong interest in the field of commercial space business, especially 100km altitude sub-orbital Space Tourism. This was soared to by the two-times flight success of SpaceShipOne by Scaled Composites Inc. It reached an altitude of 100km at Oct. 4, 2004. This demonstrates a paradigm change from government-driven space challenge and exploration to commercial space business. Therefore this report provides various insights into the commercial space tourism market, such as current demand for space travel, size of the market, growth potential of the market, technology, etc.
Keywords
Space Tourism; Sub-Orbital; Commercial Market; X-Prize; PROTEUS;
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