NASA Manned Flight Exploration Milestones (1960-1975)

    Mercury Earth Orbital Program (1960-62)

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    Gemini Program (1961-66)

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    Apollo Program (1964-72)

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    Apollo-Soyuz Program

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Current NASA Programs

    Space Shuttle

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    International Space Station (ISS) (1998-2015)

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Future NASA Programs

    Constellation Program (2006-2020)

          Ares I and Ares V Launch Rocket

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          Orion Crew Vehicle

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          Altair  Lunar Lander

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Private Commercial Space Travel Development Plans

    Ansari X Contest Prize (2004)

    Virgin Galactic Suborbital Weightlessness Flights

          SpaceShipOne and White Knight One (2004)

          SpaceshipTwo and White Knight Two (2009-?)

    Google Contest Prize (Announced 2007)

    Bigelow Transport Flights (2007-?)

    Other private space travel vehicle plans

Spaceport Development Plans

    Spaceport America, New Mexico (2008)

    Singapore

Orbiting Hotels and Lunar/Mars Colonies

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Group Discussion:

    1. What are the technological challenges ahead for private space tourism development firms?

    2. The financial challenges?

    3. The psychological barriers of potential customers?

    4. NASA's future role in technical or consulting services to private industry?