Is Space Tourism A Good Idea?

 

                                                                    Earth from Space

 

The Space Tourism race is on! If you didn't know that Virgin Atlantic airlines owner Richard Branson (in Virgin Galactic) and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos (in Blue Origin) have made their own maiden trip to space then you must living under a rock!

 

 I am not kidding- if you didn't know this I am sure you are stuck in per-historic times. 

Now that two large companies and their honchos are into it, everyone will join the fray!

Elon Musk, the most ambitious of them all, takes the benchmark higher- he wishes to travel to Mars and yes, he is planning to building a starship!

So is this Space Tourism a good idea??

1. Carbon footprint: Man has done more harm to earth and environment than any species in the world ever has. The Space wouldn't fare better. 

Man hasn't studied the Ozone layer fully yet! The Carbon di-oxide emissions are a matter to ponder upon, despite the statement by Virgin Galactic that the emissions are negligible.

All said and done, scientists do not agree and say that these rockets emit 100 times more Carbon-dioxide than normal flights and have asked the billionaires to think what harm an entire industry can do. 

Is Space Tourism A Good Idea?

The gases that emit have the potential danger of depleting the Ozone layer which protects the earth from the effects of harmful radiation of ultra-violet rays.

 

2. Space Pollution: It is well known fact that there is enough and more debris in the space with all the spacecrafts man has been sending to space for communication development and information.

 

NASA and other space agencies have been quite tight-lipped about the debris that exists across the space due to quite obvious reasons. 

 

When some of them move out of orbit and enter the earth's atmosphere it causes a big scare and can turn out to  be  really dangerous.

 

It is not yet ascertained the extent of damage it can create if it crash lands on earth in a thickly populated area .

 

Is Space Tourism A Good Idea?

3.Tourist safety: Now that the excitement of space tourism is going to increase, many wealthy people are wanting to experience 'the experience', companies will try to make it commercially tempting.

Spaceflights are regarded as a risky and dangerous activity and astronauts undergo rigorous training before venturing out.

The forces of gravity, vibration, gravity and micro-gravity may be well documented,  but the side effects are normally varying in different individuals and the risks are mostly unknown. 

Individuals react differently when exposed to space and the consequences may differ from person to person and space travel is not for everyone. 

 

 

Billionaire Elon Musk's trip to Mars because of "Population collapse" on earth seems to have lots of takers but the risks involved in space tourism is not discussed much.

His notorious take that many people will die in the beginning does ring bell! Does it?

If so, who are the people who will die and how many??