Space tourism could stall on the launch pad if passengers continue to travel at their own risk (Image: straymuse, stock.xchng)
FOR the fledgling space tourism industry Falcon 1’s successful launch on 28 September was hugely significant. When the rocket, built by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, reached orbit 500 kilometres above the Earth it was the first privately developed rocket to do so.
Then two days later Virgin Galactic struck a deal with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will allow US scientists to monitor climate change using its spacecraft.
No doubt about it, the civilian space flight industry…
