Pack Your Bags! We’re Going on a Space Vacation!

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Space vacations are a real thing! If you want to see the Earth from a brand new perspective, and experience weightlessness like a real astronaut, and you have a few million dollars to spare, you can sign up right now!</span> <strong>Space Adventures</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">will take you to Low Earth Orbit and beyond on a</span> <strong>SpaceX</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Falcon 9.</span> <strong>Virgin Galactic</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <strong>Blue Origin</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will also start opening up space tourism lines in the near future.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, what is the space tourism experience really like? Is it safe? How long is the trip? Will they serve food? Do I have to go through astronaut training? Do I have to be a multimillionaire to afford all this? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of On Orbit, I’m joined by two space experts who try to answer all of my silly space tourism questions. The first interview is with</span> <strong>NASA</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">planetary science mission expert</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Laura Seward Forczyk, also founder of</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">space consulting firm</span> <strong>Astralytical</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the author of</span> <a href= "https://www.astralytical.com/rise-of-the-space-age-millennials"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rise of the Space Age Millennials</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laura and I have a fun and informative conversation about how space companies have been working to create the ideal, safe leisure space travel experience. She outlines the preparation process for passengers, which varies based on the length of each trip. What was most informative for me was her explanation of how the experience of taking off and landing will be di