For many, the idea of travelling to space remains a distant dream and something that lies firmly in the world of science fiction.
But if your name happens to be Elon Musk, Richard Branson or even William Shatner – who finally made it into space at the age of 90 in 2021, long after his days as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk on the Starship Enterprise – the idea of space tourism is already becoming a reality.
With spacecraft manufacturers Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX leading the way, space tourism is projected to grow from a $827.2m (£622m) industry in 2023 to almost $13bn (£9.77bn) by 2032, according to figures from Global Market Insights published in Gallagher Specialty’s latest Plane Talking update for the…
