Not exact matches
This launch system is designed to haul six customers and two pilots on
suborbital space flights, allowing an out - of - the - seat, zero - gravity experience and out - the - window
views of Earth from the black sky of space.
Other companies are focusing on
suborbital tourist flights, which provide several minutes of weightlessness and stunning
views.
Weeks later, the US launched Alan Shepard on a
suborbital flight in full
view of television cameras.
Previous efforts in space tourism have focused on the development of brief,
suborbital flights in which passengers would experience a brief period of weightlessness and a
view of the curvature of the Earth before returning to the surface.
«To formulate a regime for licensing UK companies» space tourism activities,... BNSC will be looking at proposals over the next few months and asking «stakeholders, which could be space law firms, insurance companies and relevant government departments, their
views on space tourism for the manned
suborbital flight licensing system it thinks it will need under the UK's Outer Space Act, which became law in 1986.»»