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space tourism en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
   • Don't pack your bags yet. But serious people in the aerospace and travel industry are taking the idea of space tourism seriously. Pundits predict that the first space tourists could be in orbit by 2005. 1997 July 18, Roger Collis, “Space Tourism:Ready for Liftoff?”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
2. (dated, uncountable) Sightseeing and travel to sites related to the space program.
   • All of the space tourism has suffered because of a lack of interest in the space program. 1994 July 18, Debbi Land, quotee, “On the Space Nostalgia Frontier in Florida”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Deriveds

space tourist

Synonyms

astrotourism

Translations (13)

vi du lịch vũ trụ (form of tourism) · cmn 宇宙觀光 /宇宙观光 (form of tourism) · cmn 太空旅游 (form of tourism) · ru косми́ческий тури́зм (form of tourism) · de Weltraumtourismus (form of tourism) · fi avaruusmatkailu (form of tourism) · sv rymdturism (form of tourism) · fr tourisme spatial (form of tourism) · mn сансрын жуулчлал (form of tourism) · ja 宇宙観光旅行 (form of tourism) · es turismo espacial (form of tourism) · ko 우주 관광 (form of tourism) · hu űrturizmus (form of tourism)