P E R S O N A L S P A C E F L I G H T ( S P A C E T O U R I S M )

B O U G U E Z Z I S A M I S E P T E M B E R

2 0 1 4

M E M O R I A L I Z E D I N B O O K S

A N D M O V I E S :

J U L E S V E R N E ’ S F R O M

E A R T H T O T H E M O O N &

A R O U N D T H E M O O N

S T A N L E Y K U B R I C K ’ S 2 0 0 1 :

T H E S P A C E O D Y S S E Y

A S P I R A T I O N S O F P E R S O N A L

S P A C E F L I G H T S

F I R S T

O R B I T A L

S P A C E F L I G H T

• Triggered by the economic

difficulties faced by the Russian

space industry

• Brokered by Space Adventures

• Launched from Baikonur (

Kazakhstan ) spaceport in Soyuz

TM-32 Spacecraft ( April 28,

2001)

• Time spent : 7 days 22 hours 4

minutes

• Orbited earth 128 times

O V E R A L L : 7 P R I V A T E

S P A C E F L I G H T S

S U B O R B I T A L

F L I G H T S

• Reaches an altitude higher

than 100 km ( Kármán line

)

• Maximum speed below the

orbital velocity

• Microgravity sensations out

of atmosphere

• Way less energy needed in

comparison with orbital

spaceflights

S P A C E S H I P O N E ’ S S U C C E S S F U L

F L I G H T

I N O C T O B E R 2 0 0 4 , S P A C E S H I P O N E W E N T O N T O C O M P L E T E

T H E F I R S T S U B O R B I T A L P R I V A T E S P A C E F L I G H T B Y

R E A C H I N G 1 0 0 K M I N A L T I T U D E , M A R K I N G T H E E M E R G E N C E

O F S P A C E T O U R I S M ( T H O U G H N O P A Y I N G P A S S E N G E R W A S

O N B O A R D )

S P A C E T R A N S P O R T B U S I N E S S : L A U N C H S E R V I C E S P R O V I D E D

T O :

Government

space

organizations

Satellite

companies

PAYING

SPACE

TOURISTS

T H E E M E R G E N C E

O F S P A C E

T O U R I S M

I N D U S T R Y

R E N T A R O C K E T

T E C H N O L O G Y B Y

• Reusable spacecraft

Dragon V2

• Carries 7 passengers and

Cargo

• Makes a terrestrial soft

landing

• Expected first spaceflight

date : 2016 or 2017

A P R I V A T E S P A C E

P L A N E B Y

• Lynx space plane : two-

seater jet

• Lands on a conventional

runway

• Xcor penned agreements

with tourism companies to

bring tourists into space

• Expected first flight date :

winter 2015

C H A S E Y O U R

D R E A M S W I T H

• Dream chaser : Race-car-like

design

• Can fly manned or

unmanned

• Lands on any runway that

can handle a 737

• Good for at least 30 trips

• Expected first flight date :

2017

T R A V E L T O S P A C E I N A

C A P S U L E W I T H • High altitude space balloon

Carries 6 passengers + 2 crew members

Tourists can see the outer edge of earth

Expected flight date : 2016

U S I N G S P A C E

S T A T I O N S A S

H O T E L

• Bigelow aerospace is

testing inflatable habitat

modules

• Could be leased to space

hotels

• Shuttling supplied by

private space-

transportation companies

M A R S O N E M I S S I O N : A H U M A N

S E T T L E M E N T O N M A R S B Y 2 0 2 3 ?

S P A C E T O U R I S M : P R O S A N D

C O N S

PROS CONS• More and more

affordable

spaceflights

• Serious

investments

• Boosts economic

growth

• Undesirable

environmental

effects

• Social disparities

- J O H N F I T Z G E R A L D K E N N E D Y

« We need men who can dream of things that

never were. »

T H A N K Y O U F O R Y O U R

A T T E N T I O N

B O U G U E Z Z I S A M I @ S A M I B O U G O N