Presentation made at the first annual South African Space Association Conference

1. Space Tourism The past, the present and the future of Jonathan WeltmanCEO – TSG Tourism Services Group 8 October 2010 – SASA Conference

2. The Past 30 April 2001 Space became a Tourism Destination ST1 - Dennis Tito aboard a Soyuz capsule launched by Space Adventures $20 million price tag 7 day return trip Stayed at the ungraded International Space Station (no swimming pool or room service) Apparently the service was poor (Tito was considered a Cosmonaut and not an Astronaut thus the yanks on ISS were less than friendly) All inclusive – bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner, oxygen & Spacesuit (Tips not included )

3. The Past Between 2001 and 2007, 4 more Space Tourists – all at a $20 million price tag ST2 Mark Shuttleworth ST3 Greg Olson ST4 AnoushehAnsari ST5 Charles Simonyi Some argue that John Glenn was ST1 aboard Discovery in 1998

4. The Past In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips to space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.

5. The Present Key Sectors for Space Tourism Transportation (Rockets, Capsules and Planes) Accommodation (Hotels and Habitats) Entertainment Space Walks Sight Seeing Sports? Spaceports Training Zero G Spaceport America Space Diving

6. The Present Several Commercial Companies have been / still are involved in preparation for a burgeoning Space Tourism market: Armadillo AerospaceSuborbital Spacecraft Space DevDream Chaser – Jim Benson designer passed away Blue OriginNew Shepard - Manned Rocket Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com) Dream Chaser New Shepard

7. The Present Constellation Services InternationalLunar Express EADS AstriumSpace Plane Boeing CST-100 Capsule Planet SpaceCanadian Arrow Rocket BigelowSundancer Space Hotel Space IslandSpace Hotel Designs Astrium Sundancer Hotel

8. The Present RocketPlane XPSub-Orbital flights offered at $250,000 Virgin/Scaled CompositesVirgin Galactic - $200,000 Space Adventures Only company that has fulfilled so far – current cost of the same package is now $30 - $40 million Space FleetSpace Vehicles SpaceXFalcon & Dragon Capsule – Elon Musk (Paypal) XCORSpace Planes Spaceports America, Sweden, Dubai....RSA? RocketPlane

9. The Future The Average cost of a space package was $20 million (Now $30-$40 million for the same trip) Virgin, RocketPlane and others are selling Space trips from $200,000 (340 + booked on Virgin) Cost of going to space down 99% since 2009 Virgin estimates that after 1,000 trips cost will come down to $20,000 – another 90% reduction Bigelow is testing inflatable structures in Space right now Boeing has announced entry by 2015 Russians have announced a Space Hotel by 2016 (ISS without the science equipment) SpacePortAmerica runway will be commissioned on 22 October 2010 Point to Point opportunities will abound (Xmas at the Ice Hotel, new years in Cape Town – travel time 2hrs)

10. My Prediction “Ten to Fifteen years from now going on holiday to Space will be as common place as going on holiday to Europe!”