space tourism

[ speys toor-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. commercial travel into outer space by members of the general public, as for adventure:

   spaceships built for suborbital and orbital space tourism.

Other Words From

• space tour·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of space tourism¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Richard Branson, who founded space tourism company Virgin Galactic, once noted that he too is “determined to being a part of starting a population on Mars.”

From Salon

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson in 2004, is based in Tustin and has its design and manufacturing operations in Mojave, where it also performs test flights.

From Los Angeles Times

The Democrats are backing a new candidate this time around: George Whitesides, the former chief executive of space tourism company Virgin Galactic.

From Los Angeles Times

Virgin Galactic has escalated a legal battle with Boeing over a broken partnership on a space tourism project.

From Seattle Times

Chris Rees, lead author of a new paper on radiation risks to space tourism and a postgraduate researcher at Surrey Space Centre, said:

From Science Daily