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The Space Tourism Society is a California 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1996 by John Spencer, a former member of the board of directors of the National Space Society,[1] with the goal of promoting space tourism.[2]
The STS is based in the US and has chapters in Japan, Norway, Canada, Malaysia, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom.[citation needed] It is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development.[3]
Members
As of July 2013[update], the president of the society, John Spencer, is designing a 91 metres (300 ft) space yacht aimed at cruising in Earth orbit.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "John Spencer Biography - National Space Society". 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ "About the Society". Space Tourism Society. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ ASD Members, Alliance for Space Development, 26 January 2015, retrieved March 4, 2015
- ^ Dietrich-Egensteiner, Will (2013-07-23). "Here's What Your $5 Billion Space Yacht Could Look Like". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
Further reading
- The Popular Science Monthly
- Feasibility Study and Future Projections of Suborbital Space Tourism at the Example of Virgin Galactic by Matthias Otto
- Space tourism: do you want to go? by John Spencer and Karen L. Rugg
- Space enterprise: living and working offworld in the 21st century by Philip Robert Harris
- Worldwide Destinations and Companion Book of Cases Set by =Brian G. Boniface and Chris Cooper
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