At this point, we're a high adventure rather than a tourism venture. Former astronaut Ed Gibson, who spent 84 days in space aboard NASA's Skylab space station in 1973 and 1974, is president of the venture. Ex-astronauts involved Other space tourism companies also have enlisted former astronauts. Gibson spent 18 years in NASA's astronaut corps and commanded several shuttle flights, including the first to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Astronauts can be helpful to these companies because of their experience in space.
Weightlessness is just so much fun.
You give a little push and you can fly free like Peter Pan. You can hover in mid-air. You never get tired of space. I'd love to go back again. Space Adventures was an nounced in September by officials behind two well known travel com panies, Omega World Travel and Quark Expeditions.