Through the lens of a space tourist
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2023-11-16_ThroughTheLensOfASpaceTouristIssue04_FINAL.pdf
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Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Tcharfas, Julia
Date published
November 12, 2015
Abstract
This essay attempts to contextualise the experience and documentation of the world’s first space tourist, a multi-millionaire American businessman Dennis Tito, who vacationed on the International Space Station in 2001. The essay brings together two parallel elements of this historical event: the political transformation of the Russian space programme which made the private flight possible and the cultural significance and impact of the event. The first space tourist is both a direct product of the newly commercialised space programme and a reflection of a new worldview, with new values and expectations.
Journal title
Science Museum Group Journal
Issue
4
Publisher
Science Museum Group
eISSN
2054-5770
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