Space TourismThe past, the present and the future of

Jonathan WeltmanCEO – TSG Tourism Services Group8 October 2010 – SASA Conference

The Past

30 April 2001 Space became a Tourism Destination

ST1 - Dennis Tito aboard a Soyuz capsule launched by Space Adventures

$20 million price tag 7 day return trip Stayed at the ungraded International Space

Station (no swimming pool or room service) Apparently the service was poor (Tito was

considered a Cosmonaut and not an Astronaut thus the yanks on ISS were less than friendly)

All inclusive – bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner, oxygen & Spacesuit (Tips not included )

The Past

Between 2001 and 2007, 4 more Space Tourists – all at a $20 million price tag ST2 Mark Shuttleworth ST3 Greg Olson ST4 Anousheh Ansari ST5 Charles Simonyi

Some argue that John Glenn was ST1 aboard Discovery in 1998

The Past

In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips to space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars.

A Japanese report supports these

findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the two decades.

The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.

The Present

Key Sectors for Space Tourism Transportation (Rockets,

Capsules and Planes) Accommodation (Hotels and

Habitats) Entertainment▪ Space Walks▪ Sight Seeing▪ Sports?

Spaceports Training▪ Zero G

Spaceport America

Space Diving

The Present

Several Commercial Companies have been / still are involved in preparation for a burgeoning Space Tourism market: Armadillo Aerospace

Suborbital Spacecraft

Space DevDream Chaser – Jim Benson designer passed away

Blue OriginNew Shepard - Manned Rocket Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com)

Dream Chaser

New Shepard

The Present

Constellation Services InternationalLunar Express

EADS AstriumSpace Plane

Boeing CST-100 Capsule

Planet SpaceCanadian Arrow Rocket

BigelowSundancer Space Hotel

Space IslandSpace Hotel Designs

Astrium

Sundancer Hotel

The Present

RocketPlane XPSub-Orbital flights offered at $250,000

Virgin/Scaled CompositesVirgin Galactic - $200,000

Space Adventures Only company that has fulfilled so far – current cost of the same package is now $30 - $40 million

Space FleetSpace Vehicles

SpaceXFalcon & Dragon Capsule – Elon Musk (Paypal)

XCORSpace Planes

Spaceports▪ America, Sweden,

Dubai....RSA?RocketPlane

The Future

The Average cost of a space package was $20 million (Now $30-$40 million for the same trip)

Virgin, RocketPlane and others are selling Space trips from $200,000 (340 + booked on Virgin)▪ Cost of going to space down 99% since 2009

Virgin estimates that after 1,000 trips cost will come down to $20,000 – another 90% reduction

Bigelow is testing inflatable structures in Space right now Boeing has announced entry by 2015 Russians have announced a Space Hotel by 2016 (ISS without

the science equipment) SpacePort America runway will be commissioned on 22 October

2010 Point to Point opportunities will abound (Xmas at the Ice Hotel,

new years in Cape Town – travel time 2hrs)

My Prediction

“Ten to Fifteen years from now going on holiday to Space will be as common place as going on holiday to Europe!”