The Uncertain Future Of Private Space Travel

Creating a Definitive Future for Space Travel Explorers during the Age of Discovery can sympathize with the notion that exploring new frontiers present difficulties far beyond that explorer’s eagerness to travel. We as a society may not bear the complete awareness yet; however, space exploration is an obstacle that humanity must seriously contemplate as we finally commit to the idea that our resources will not last forever. Years ago, but up until now, if the average person proposed leaving a traceable footprint in the heavens they would be greeted with dumbfounded glares and smirks in all directions. However, the scientific community has changed, and recent attempts to travel into outer space have caused scientists and columnists like Theo Emery, author of “The Uncertain Future of Private Space Travel,” to question whether private organizations or the government should …show more content…
Policy-makers have yet to understand the strategic transition; however, many in the entrepreneurial space community have a clearer perception and are acting on it (Vedda). This mindset must transfer to the government. According to James Vedda’s journal, Companies like Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources Inc. recognize that the future of space faring lies in the ability to identify, extract, process, and use material and energy resources in space to support a broad range of human activities there. Furthermore, citizens can rest assured that the economy will not develop an arrhythmia from fattening the budget of space programs instead of relying on the experimentation of private companies, and economically, a future plentiful with markets on Earth for space products and services beyond communication, navigation, and remote sensing services is very likely