I don’t know. The pollution affiliated with space flight is tremendous and I don’t know if the trend will be supported by governments if it becomes popular.

If only the elite can access it then the pollution may not be too crazy but if it’s affordable even for the minor rich I believe governments will get involved and regulate it or prevent it altogether.

But what do I know? The dollar talks and if there is money to be made and the government stays on its trend of not really caring too much about pollution then yeah you very well be able to go to space sometime in the future.

They haven’t found any clean energy alternatives yet?

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I actually don’t know, but I really doubt it.

The largest issue is that the soot from rockets is something like 500 times worse than normal soot and is absolutely horrible for the ozone layer. When these corps are questioned about environmental impact they typically dodge the question or compare it to the aviation industry which is a crock.

They very well may develop clean alternatives however so long as there is a demand but that also may increase costs in the short term and may hinder your goal.

I would argue that if you had companies operating on the moon/mars then that would require some level of labourers - so I think the same way we have off shore drilling , we could see the equivalent option open in the work force. Off planet drilling, off planet mining, etc.

To answer your question though My definition of space tourism is definitely the equivalent of a carnival cruise line space ship that takes you on excursion trips to the moon and mars.

I know we constantly hear about x, y and z investor planning to build moon resorts and various moon based companies…and obviously Elon is constantly pushing ambitious agenda, but I never understand how realistic these goals are and what timeline they are realistically looking at.

I know we are in a period of time where technology is rapidly advancing like none other in history, which makes me wonder if these ideas are more than just ideas but potential reality before the end 2060-2065?

Depends how old you are. Space tourism is already a thing now and the first commercial tour orbiting the moon has already been booked with SpaceX. Not sure when tours of the Lunar or martian surface will be realistic though.

I’m 28. If I take good care of myself health wise, and with a bit of luck I feel like I could be able to be able bodied enough to space travel in my early/mid 60s still..

I don't think a trip to an LEO station or a cruise around the moon is out of the question. I think we'll be on Mars by the time you're in your 60s but I'm not sure tourism to Mars would be available then.

I'm not sure that hydrogen or methane powered engines produce very much soot at all.

They absolutely do produce soot, and the production of hydrogen is horrible for the environment as well.

Methane is not so bad. Still produces soot but not nearly as bad.

Space X uses kerosene and liquid oxygen.

Virgin galactic uses HTPB and liquid nitrous oxide

Blue origin uses liquefied natural gas.

I do hope for alternatives for commercial use but am also very hesitant to support en made space tourism at the moment.

But you’re correct in that hydrogen and methane are cleaner that what is used now

>They absolutely do produce soot

How? Hydrogen and Oxygen yield water. Where does the soot come from?