16 SPACE SKY’S THE LIMIT The final frontier is no longer quite so exclusive. Fewer than 600 people had ever travelled in space before mid-year 2021, when both SpaceX and Blue Origin launched commercial flights. Both companies have since launched additional journeys, and more competition for the stars is coming, with Virgin Galactic set to take off in the second quarter of 2023 – meaning the number of people who have left Earth is set to accelerate soon. In addition to these firms, there are rising competitors from the US to China, talk of a space hotel, and Space Perspective, a Florida-based provider whose teardrop-shaped vehicle is linked to a large hydrogen balloon, which ensures a steady rise and descent and will be – they say one year ahead of the first launch – carbon neutral. PHOTO REID WISEMAN / NASA 36
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