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The Era of Private Space Travel Has Arrived — But How Did We Get Here?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2933" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/space-tourism-timeline" target="_blank"><strong>The Era of Private Space Travel Has Arrived — But How Did We Get Here? - Travel and Leisure</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Here's how space tourism went from sci-fi dream to reality.</strong></p><p></p><p>We are all astronauts. Step outside after dark and look up at a starry sky, and your mind will take the same journey our ancestors' minds did many thousands of years ago. "Since our primitive ancestors first walked on this planet, we have been both mystified and fascinated by such heavenly bodies as the sun and moon," says Colin Burgess, author of<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Adventure-History-Exploration-Kosmos/dp/1789144604" target="_blank"> "The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration</a>." "In awe they worshipped the sun, the moon, and the stars, revering them as gods, while trying to make some sense of their purpose." Our ancestors also had a luxury most us have lost — totally <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/darkest-places-in-the-us" target="_blank">clear night skies</a> unspoiled by man-made light.</p><p></p><p><strong>From Dreams to Reality </strong></p><p> </p><p>The pivotal moment for space exploration came on July 20, 1969 with Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, but early sci-fi from authors like Jules Verne ignited imaginations long before technology caught up. "Remarkably, in one of his most famous and prescient works, Verne told of three men being launched to the moon from Florida in an aluminium spacecraft fitted with retrorockets and an eventual splashdown in the ocean," says Burgess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2933, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/space-tourism-timeline'][B]The Era of Private Space Travel Has Arrived — But How Did We Get Here? - Travel and Leisure[/B][/URL] [B]Here's how space tourism went from sci-fi dream to reality.[/B] We are all astronauts. Step outside after dark and look up at a starry sky, and your mind will take the same journey our ancestors' minds did many thousands of years ago. "Since our primitive ancestors first walked on this planet, we have been both mystified and fascinated by such heavenly bodies as the sun and moon," says Colin Burgess, author of[URL='https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Adventure-History-Exploration-Kosmos/dp/1789144604'] "The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration[/URL]." "In awe they worshipped the sun, the moon, and the stars, revering them as gods, while trying to make some sense of their purpose." Our ancestors also had a luxury most us have lost — totally [URL='https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/darkest-places-in-the-us']clear night skies[/URL] unspoiled by man-made light. [B]From Dreams to Reality [/B] The pivotal moment for space exploration came on July 20, 1969 with Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, but early sci-fi from authors like Jules Verne ignited imaginations long before technology caught up. "Remarkably, in one of his most famous and prescient works, Verne told of three men being launched to the moon from Florida in an aluminium spacecraft fitted with retrorockets and an eventual splashdown in the ocean," says Burgess. [/QUOTE]
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