Space Traveling

Title: Space Traveling

Author: Thomas Husnik

Article:
Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Husnik

Space traveling is a phenomenon that is discovered recently for
the individuals wishing to travel to space for personal
pleasure. Till now, the opportunities for traveling to space are
limited only to the Space Agency of Russia that provides the
required transport. Reaching the International Space Station,
which is a research station, developed in space costs 30 million
dollars. But the demand for space traveling is so vast that, the
flights are already booked till the year 2009.

Various different organizations have been formed in order to
promote the exciting industry of space travel. The major
attraction of space traveling is the unique experience and the
thrill involved in viewing the earth from outside. This is
considered as a mind boggling and intense experience by the
astronauts. This reason is enough for the common people to think
of visiting the space. The experience of weightlessness is also
a reason to visit the space.

Space Hotels and Space Stations:

There are a number of plans to use a space station in the form
of a hotel. The designs for the space habitats of an abandoned

program of NASA have been acquired by one of the motel tycoons
from the United States for this purpose. The company has already
launched one such module of the inflatable habitat in July 2006.

Many other companies are showing interest in building such space
stations and hotels that will cater to the needs of the people
interested in space traveling. One of the Russian companies has
plans to build a space station that will have the biggest ever
windows for a spacecraft. Many other wealthy business tycoons
from the United States of America have shown interest in
constructing space hotels. The expected cost for starting a
program of space traveling is 100 million dollars.

One organization has claimed to build an island project in space
that will accommodate 20,000 people on it. British airways have
shown interest in being a part of this project that expects to
double the figure of people arriving here in every decade. Eri
Matsui is a fashion designer, who has designed a wedding gown
and other such clothing that will look good in an environment of
weightlessness.

Legal Aspect of Space Travel:

Most of the companies involved in the business of space
traveling look at it as a proposition of making money. Hence, in
the year 2005, the government of the United States released
rules for this particular industry for keeping a tab on the
companies. The companies need a license to operate space travel.
The process of licensing is aimed mainly on the safety of the
people and property. This has resulted in the increased interest
in number of people planning to travel to space at least once in
their lifespan.

About the author:
My name is Tom Husnik. I live in Minnesota. My site is at:
http://bestfixittravel.blogspot.com