{"id":296669,"date":"2024-05-23T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T11:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=296669"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T15:21:35","slug":"space-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/space-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Space tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>Space tourism\u00a0<\/strong>has been created based on the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/gopi-thotakura-space-travel-cost-9344679\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Gopi Thotakura becomes first Indian space tourist: What is space travel \u2014 and how much can a journey cost?&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> published in \u201c<b>The Indian Express<\/b>\u201d on 23 May 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in News?<\/h2>\n<p>India-born aviator and commercial pilot Gopi Thotakura became the first space tourist from India. He is flying on the Blue Origin NS-25 mission.<\/p>\n<h2>About Space tourism<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.indianexpress.com\/2024\/05\/space-travek.jpg?resize=592%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Space tourists\" width=\"592\" height=\"296\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1. Space tourism is<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> human space travel for recreational or leisure purposes.<\/span> It is divided into different types which includes <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">orbital, suborbital, <\/span>and<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> lunar space tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Space tourism is also as a<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> commercial activity<\/span> related to space. It includes going to space as a tourist, watching a rocket launch, going stargazing, or travelling to a space-focused destination.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sub-Orbital Trips<\/h2>\n<p>1. Sub-Orbital Trips involves flights that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">cross the Karman line (about 100 km above Earth),<\/span> the boundary between Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and outer space, without entering orbit around Earth. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Most space tourism flights are sub-orbital trips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. The spacecraft crosses the Karman line stays briefly in space, and then descends back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Anything flying below the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Karman line<\/span> is classified as an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">aircraft<\/span> and above it is a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">spacecraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Scope of longer Space Journeys<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Orbit and ISS Stays:<\/strong> Space tourists can orbit Earth and spend days on the International Space Station (ISS) at an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">altitude of about 400 km.<\/span> Dennis Tito, in 2001, spent over seven days on the ISS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Future Prospects:<\/strong> Space tourism can be extended to deeper space trips to the Moon, other planets, or asteroids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on Space tourism\u00a0has been created based on the article &#8220;Gopi Thotakura becomes first Indian space tourist: What is space travel \u2014 and how much can a journey cost?&#8221; published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 23 May 2024. Why in News? 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