This eventually lead to opportunities for individuals to pay to be put into space in the early 2000s, which was the birth of space tourism.
Formed in 1992, the company has designed and built several rocket systems - all prototypes - to investigate the feasibility of producing a space tourism vehicle.
Its initial goal was to build a manned suborbital spacecraft capable of space tourism, and had also stated long-term ambitions of orbital spaceflight.
Examples of sunrise industries include hydrogen fuel production, space tourism, and online encyclopedias.
Propulsion is ensured by classical turbofan jet engines for the atmospheric phase and a methane-oxygen rocket engine for the space tourism phase.
The book details a fictional account of the future of space travel, specifically space tourism.
Private space tourism is a way the development of space and a space transportation infrastructure can be accelerated.
The rocketplane will be used for space tourism and scientific research.
