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 Word Forms

• space tourist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of space tourism¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The cost of space tourism is out of reach for me and the vast majority of Americans.

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Model Emily Ratajkowski was among the other critics of the flight, saying she was "disgusted", and took aim at Bezos in a follow-up video arguing that taking "his fiancée and a few other famous women to space for space tourism is not progress".

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While Monday’s celebrity launch was the nation’s first spaceflight where women filled each seat and “optically looks like progress,” Ratajkowski alleged, the “truth” was that Amazon executive Bezos just wanted to “take his fiancée and a few other famous women to space for space tourism.”

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Pop star Katy Perry and five other women are set to blast into space aboard Jeff Bezos' space tourism rocket.

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The rise of space tourism has prompted criticism that it is too exclusive and environmentally damaging.

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