FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN INNOVATIONS; CRAZY OR REAL

  This video showcases what space tourism is at currently and what we expect it to be in the near future. Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes, and different types of space tourism exist; orbital, suborbital, and lunar space tourism. There is a growing possibility for a more adventurous escape to the stars in the future which gives way to space tourism for everyone and not just for the few billionaires. Currently, space tourism is in its infancy, and only a few billionaires and celebrities have made it to space for vacation, given the high cost of embarking on such a vacation. However, within the next 10 years, space tourism is expected to boom. The rapid development of the internet and technological advancements in the space industry with the involvement of the private sector companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, Space Perspective, and Axiom Space will make the dreams of an ordinary man going on vacation to space a reality. The video also ...

Space tourism refers to any commercial activity that offers customers direct or indirect experience with the outer space for pleasure or recreation  (Ferreira-Snyman, 2014) . In this era of the coronavirus, there was a collective feeling of missing out on the way we live our lives as remote work and shopping became very popular. As a result, people missed out on their routine activities such as taking vacations with friends and family, going out for sport games to name a few. This gave us the edge to look for convenient avenues we could escape to when the world becomes chaotic, as it is often said ‘necessity is the mother of invention’  (Tomassini et al., 2021) . There is a growing possibility for a more adventurous escapes to the stars in the future thereby giving way to the idea of space tourism for everyone and not just for the rich few. Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes, and different types of space tourism exist; orbital, suborbital, and lunar ...