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  • What is space tourism and how much does it cost?
    In space tourism: Orbital space tourism

    The advent of space tourism occurred at the end of the 1990s with a deal between the Russian company MirCorp and the American company Space Adventures Ltd. MirCorp was a private venture in charge of the space station Mir. To generate income…

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