Space tourism loses momentum due to high costs and still limited demand.

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    "url": "https://www.bloomberglinea.com.br/2026/04/04/turismo-espacial-perde-folego-diante-de-custos-elevados-e-demanda-ainda-limitada",
    "title": "Space tourism loses momentum due to high costs and still limited demand.",
    "excerpt": "Space tourism loses momentum due to high costs and still limited demand.\n\nVirgin Galactic has taken 31 passengers to space but hasn't flown since 2024 while developing the Delta spacecraft; Bezos' Blue Origin suspended flights for two years after transporting 98 people, including celebrities like singer Katy Perry.\n\nBy Lorelei Smillie\n\nApril 04, 2026 | 11:28 AM\n\nBloomberg - Ron Rosano is one of the world's most dedicated space tourists.\n\nThe 65-year-old real estate manager from San Francisco took a brief trip aboard a Virgin Galactic Holdings spaceplane in 2023 and, until recently, hoped to fly more than 96 km above Earth on one of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Shepard rockets.\n\nHowever, Rosano had to change his plans after an unexpected decision by Blue Origin in January to suspend tourist flights for no less than two years. Rosano is disappointed. \"I had imagined a grand scenario of what this could mean for me,\" he said. \"Seeing Earth from that perspective: it's a lesson in humility. It's life-changing.\"\n\nCompanies like Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites predicted an expanding market for space tourism when, in the early 2000s, they announced they would launch humans into suborbital space.\n\nSpace tourism will become a \"multibillion-dollar industry,\" said Eric Anderson, co-founder of space exploration company Space Adventures, in a 2003 issue of Space Times magazine.\n\nNow...",
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