More launches means more climate-destroying CO2 in the atmosphere.

New research: Casual space tourism will devastate the planet

Cost of Travel

A single rocket launch can release as much CO2 as 395 transatlantic flights, meaning that the space tourism industry will be environmentally devastating.

New Research: Casual Space Tourism Will Devastate the Planet

Increased rocket launches will be environmentally catastrophic.

And for $250,000 apiece, we can't afford not to go.

Virgin Galactic's plan: send tourists to space every 32 hours

VIP Access

Virgin Galactic plans to start selling tickets to space next year. By 2023, it will launch a shuttlefull of space tourists every 32 hours.

Virgin Galactic’s Plan: Send Tourists to Space Every 32 Hours

If every flight is fully booked, more than 3,000 people would launch into space in the next few years.

Anyone looking to buy a $85 million penthouse?

This luxury apartment comes with two free tickets to space

Penthouse Perk

The buyer of a $85 million penthouse in Manhattan will get a slew of perks to go with it, including a Hamptons mansion, a yacht, and two tickets to space.

This Luxury Apartment Comes With Two Free Tickets to Space

The path to space might run through Manhattan.

The stakes are enormously high in an actual space mission.

Luxurious space hotel will import water instead of recycling pee

Space Case

A planned space hotel will import its own water from Earth, so that guests won't be forced to drink recycled urine like on the International Space Station.

Luxurious Space Hotel Will Import Water Instead of Recycling Pee

"At the moment space tourism is a field where reality, hoaxes, and science fiction are mixed up."

SpaceX Starship and The Von Braun Rotating Space Station

There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical.

Watch this epic "trailer" for the commercial lunar space station

Space Station

The Gateway Foundation showed off its latest vision of the future: the Von Braun Rotating Space Station.

Watch This Epic “Trailer” for the Commercial Lunar Space Station

It could house both space agencies and a Hilton space hotel.

All the good vacations require three months of training.

Upcoming space hotel to be "like a small cruise ship"

Checking In

Orion Span's proposed space hotel, the Aurora Space Station, might be ready within two years. But its cost jumped $3 million since April.

Upcoming Space Hotel to Be “Like a Small Cruise Ship”

26 people have paid the $80,000 deposit for a stay.

Founder Richard Branson is "pretty confident" it'll happen.

Virgin Galactic will send people to space by Christmas. Maybe.

Anything's Possible

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is "reasonably confident" his company will complete its first crewed spaceflights before Christmas.

Virgin Galactic Will Send People to Space By Christmas. Maybe.

The company's founder is feeling optimistic about 2018.

We might have been a little over-eager for the private space industry to take off.

The US has tons of spaceports but not enough launches

Off World

The U.S. currently has far more spaceports, sites for launching and receiving rockets, than it needs, but that could change in the near future.

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

We don't need 10 spaceports for 29 launches per year.

Richard Branson is one step closer to his goal of riding an SS2 into space.

Surprise! Virgin Galactic just did a test launch of its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane

Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson's spaceflight company, successfully completed the third supersonic test flight of its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.

Surprise! Virgin Galactic Just Did A Test Launch of Its SpaceShipTwo Spaceplane

This was its third powered test flight.

The company is one step closer to sending humans to space.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket aces important test

On Wednesday, Blue Origin launched another New Shepard rocket, successfully engaging its capsule's emergency motor after separation.

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