

Jeff Bezos went to space himself the same year. 'Star Trek’s' Shatner went to space on Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket in 2021. SpaceX plans to send Yusaku Maezawa & 8 guests onboard Starship in 2024 on the first ever private enterprise lunar flyby. In September 2021, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the world's first all-civilian mission to orbit. The Inspiration4 mission heralded a new level of maturation of the industry: not only did a private citizen pay for all the trip's tickets, the first such 'chartered' voyage in history, but the effort incorporated a branded philanthropic effort. And great strides were made in every other aspect of the ecosystem-finance, manufacturing, software, marketing, entertainment and thought leadership. It will significantly accelerate over the next decade.
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The era of reusable rockets and capsules financed and operated by the commercial space industry is in full swing.

In rapid succession, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin scored huge wins. The year 2021 will be recorded in history as the year space tourism got liftoff. Tito’s flight jump-started the space tourism industry, generating massive consumer awareness of the possibilities of private space travel and consumer outer space experiences. The April 28 conference date was deliberately chosen to honor the anniversary of Dennis Tito’s historic lift-off in 2001 as the world’s first private space tourist.
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PLUS it offers an inside track to the growth areas in space tourism, including earth-based outer space-themed experiences. Attendees can expect concrete, actionable information, real-world use cases, and stellar deal-making. A hallmark of the STC is a dynamic mix of executives representing the breadth and depth of the space experience economy. The world's leading space tourism advocacy organization for 20+ years, the Space Tourism Society (STS) is an integral partner in STC programs. With decades of development behind it, the space tourism industry has entered its exciting next generation with private enterprise flights and many other consumer offerings in market and generating revenue. And, yes, INSPIRING! The STC is the world's first and leading event devoted specifically to the commercial civilian outer-space travel sector.
