Space Tourism Begins to Take Off  

作　　者：Mitch Leslie 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《Engineering》2022年第3期4-6,共3页工程（英文）

摘　　要：A record number of non-astronauts flew into space in 2021,including a 90-year-old actor,a physician’s assistant,a football player turned TV host,a Dutch teenager,and four billionaires.The companies that sent most of these civilians aloft-Virgin Galactic,Blue Origin,and SpaceX-hope the flights will inaugurate a boom in space tourism.Blue Origin,started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,claims it has sold nearly 100 million USD of tickets for upcoming trips[1],while 700 people have paid up to 450000USD apiece for places on future flights by Virgin Galactic,launched by British billionaire Richard Branson[2].

关 键 词：COMPANIES AMAZON VIRGIN 

分 类 号：F591[经济管理—旅游管理] V11[经济管理—产业经济]