space tourism

[ speys-toor-iz-uhm ]

/ ˈspeɪs ˌtʊər ɪz əm /

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noun

commercial travel into outer space by members of the general public, as for adventure: spaceships built for suborbital and orbital space tourism.

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Origin of space tourism

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM space tourism

space tour·ist, noun

Words nearby space tourism

space stage, space station, spacesuit, Space Telescope, space-time, space tourism, space travel, spacewalk, spacewoman, space writer, spacey

How to use space tourism in a sentence

If Blue Origin wants to dominate the space tourism market, now is as good a time as any.
Blue Origin could definitely use more Jeff Bezos in the next decade|Neel Patel|February 4, 2021|MIT Technology Review
That begs the question of whether or not you can sustain a new space company on space tourism alone.
The space tourism we were promised is finally here—sort of|Neel Patel|February 3, 2021|MIT Technology Review
SpaceX has never really billed itself as a space tourism company as aggressively as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have.
The space tourism we were promised is finally here—sort of|Neel Patel|February 3, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The company hopes to use New Shepard to send people into suborbital flights of a few minutes’ duration as a space tourism service.
The 11 biggest space missions of 2021 (and their chances of success)|Neel Patel|January 4, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Now that Crew Dragon is open for business, space tourism for the ultrarich might be poised for a comeback.
SpaceX and NASA officially flew people into space. What’s next?|Charlie Wood|November 18, 2020|Popular-Science
Slowly, two were opened up, and in 2010 the regional government opened all four Brogpa villages in a push for tourism.
The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans|Nina Strochlic|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Religious profiteering has spread beyond the tourism industry.
The Buddhist Business of Poaching Animals for Good Karma|Brendon Hong|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apparently tourism in the country had jumped tenfold since the film hit theaters.
When Countries Lose Their Shit Over American Movies|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In recent years news outlets have documented the rise of so-called “birth tourism” here in America.
The Progressive Case Against Birthright Citizenship|Keli Goff|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the site has seen little of the decimation from heavy tourism that has plagued the northern pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And we may proceed to the remaining two of the great classes into which facts have been divided; Resemblance, and Order in Space.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
A suspense story of Tomorrow and a crisis in the advance into Space.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
"We were going to talk about the Space Guard," Lyla said in an emotionless tone.
--And Devious the Line of Duty|Tom Godwin
I understand you wanted to talk to me about the Space Guard?
--And Devious the Line of Duty|Tom Godwin
Space will not permit going over these connections in detail.
Elements of Plumbing|Samuel Dibble