2021年7月6日雅思写作A类大作文Space tourism背景素材

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2021年7月6日雅思写作A类大作文Space tourism背景素材

Space touri* 背景素材

Space touri* is a recent phenomenon where wealthy individuals or corporations are spending up to $51 million for a chance to travel in low Earth orbit (LEO) and beyond. California multi-millionaire Dennis Tito spent $20 million on space touri* to become the first paying tourist, in 2001. Tito, the founder of Wilshire Associates and former JPL scientist, traveled aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, launched by U. S. company, Space Adventures, Ltd, where he spent 7 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Extraterrestrial touri* has become a bigger goal over the past few years as NASA has stopped the ventures and the Shuttle was retired in 2021.

NASA hopes to rely on the commercial orbital transportation systems (COTS) to shuttle astronauts and cargo to the ISS thereafter and it looks like commercial craft will be available by then.

If you've ever seen Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie "Total Recall" you'll know that touri* to outer space was a central theme to that movie. But, this is not just some pipe dream as companies like Scaled Composites, Blue Origin, and SpaceX are developing craft and programs to do just this.

Following Dennis Tito as the second tourist in outer space, in 2002 was South African millionaire, Mark Shuttleworth, who certainly was "shuttle worthy" as he also spent around $20 million to travel aboard a Russian Soyuz TM-34 and spend 8 days aboard the ISS.

Following Shuttleworth in 2005, was Greg Olsen, who spent the same amount on touri* to travel to the ISS via a Russian Soyuz capsule. And space flights for tourists have not stopped there, as the third fee-paying tourist, Olsen rejected the "tourist" designation noting that he had conducted several experiments while on the ISS. Olsen is co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc., a company developing infared cameras and sensors. In 2006, Iran-born American citizen Anousheh Ansari became the fourth in the ISS touri* lineup and the first female to buy a ticket to the ISS.

Some have argued that John Glenn in 1998 was the first official extraterrestrial tourist, but others discount that claim since Glenn was a non-paying participant in the flight. If you think also that space touri* is so expensive that nobody will want to go, then think again since there is a waiting list to be launched into LEO and aboard the ISS.

Tired of Disneyland and Magic Mountain? Been to all the major continents and want more? Done all of the extreme sports and just can't get that * rush anymore? Suborbital flight may just be the Next Big Thing on your agenda in the not too distant future.

Even Bigelow Aerospace and the X-Prize Foundation are getting in on the act by offering monetary awards for breakthrough technology in the space touri* industry.

Suborbital flight will be a reality as soon as 2021 or 2021. Just as there was a "race to space" decades ago, now there is a race to LEO in this decade. And this race will mean big bucks for some companies.

So, if you've got the bug to travel and have always dreamed of going beyond the confines of Earth, that possibility may just exist sooner than you think.

A few companies are actually accepting reservations (with a deposit) now. Isn't it time you jumped onboard?

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