Introduction to Commercial Space Tourism 1. What is commercial space tourism? A) Government-funded space missions B) Space travel for priv...
Introduction to Commercial Space Tourism
1. What is commercial space tourism?
A) Government-funded space missions
B) Space travel for private individuals ✅
C) Military space operations
D) Only research-based space missions
2. Which company was the first to send a private passenger to space?
A) SpaceX
B) Virgin Galactic ✅
C) Blue Origin
D) Boeing
3. What was the name of the first all-civilian space mission?
A) Inspiration4 ✅
B) Apollo 11
C) Artemis I
D) Starliner Demo
4. Who is the founder of Blue Origin?
A) Elon Musk
B) Jeff Bezos ✅
C) Richard Branson
D) Bill Gates
5. Which company operates the New Shepard suborbital space tourism vehicle?
A) SpaceX
B) Blue Origin ✅
C) Virgin Galactic
D) NASA
6. Who was the first billionaire to fly to space on his own company’s spacecraft?
A) Elon Musk
B) Jeff Bezos
C) Richard Branson ✅
D) Mark Zuckerberg
7. What is the minimum altitude required for a flight to be considered "space tourism"?
A) 50 km
B) 80 km
C) 100 km (Kármán Line) ✅
D) 200 km
8. What type of spacecraft does Virgin Galactic use?
A) Capsule
B) Spaceplane ✅
C) Rocket
D) Space shuttle
9. Which company sent actor William Shatner to space?
A) SpaceX
B) Virgin Galactic
C) Blue Origin ✅
D) Axiom Space
10. What is the main goal of commercial space tourism?
A) To conduct scientific research
B) To make space travel accessible to civilians ✅
C) To colonize Mars
D) To develop military technology
Technology & Spacecraft Used in Tourism
11. What propulsion system does the SpaceX Starship use?
A) Nuclear-powered engines
B) Methane-based Raptor engines ✅
C) Jet fuel
D) Ion thrusters
12. What is the main advantage of reusable rockets in space tourism?
A) Faster travel
B) Lower costs ✅
C) More fuel efficiency
D) Larger capacity
13. The Crew Dragon spacecraft is operated by which company?
A) Blue Origin
B) SpaceX ✅
C) Virgin Galactic
D) Boeing
14. What is the role of the International Space Station (ISS) in space tourism?
A) Space hotel for tourists ✅
B) Military base
C) Space mining hub
D) Lunar research station
15. How long does a typical suborbital space tourism flight last?
A) 10 minutes ✅
B) 1 hour
C) 5 hours
D) 12 hours
16. What type of launch vehicle does Blue Origin’s New Shepard use?
A) Spaceplane
B) Single-stage rocket ✅
C) Two-stage rocket
D) Nuclear rocket
17. Which company plans to offer hotel stays in space?
A) SpaceX
B) Orion Span ✅
C) Boeing
D) Roscosmos
18. What is the major challenge of space tourism?
A) High costs ✅
B) Lack of interest
C) Weak internet signals
D) No demand
19. The first space tourist, Dennis Tito, flew to space in which year?
A) 1995
B) 2001 ✅
C) 2010
D) 2021
20. What type of fuel does Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity use?
A) Liquid oxygen
B) Hybrid rocket fuel ✅
C) Methane
D) Plasma
Future & Challenges of Space Tourism
21. What is the main reason space tourism is currently expensive?
A) Limited number of seats ✅
B) High astronaut salaries
C) Lack of public interest
D) No government funding
22. What is the estimated cost of a Virgin Galactic ticket?
A) $50,000
B) $250,000 ✅
C) $1 million
D) $10 million
23. Which private company aims to build a commercial space station?
A) Axiom Space ✅
B) NASA
C) Tesla
D) United Launch Alliance
24. Which type of orbit do most space tourists experience?
A) Geostationary Orbit
B) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ✅
C) Medium Earth Orbit
D) Polar Orbit
25. What is Space Perspective planning to offer in space tourism?
A) Spacewalks
B) High-altitude balloon rides ✅
C) Lunar missions
D) Mars tourism
26. Which company aims to send tourists around the Moon?
A) Blue Origin
B) SpaceX ✅
C) Virgin Galactic
D) Boeing
27. What is the main risk of space tourism?
A) Weight gain
B) Radiation exposure ✅
C) Weak bones
D) Boredom
28. What is the biggest challenge of long-term space tourism?
A) Food supply
B) Zero gravity health effects ✅
C) Internet access
D) Training difficulties
29. What type of clothing do space tourists wear?
A) Normal clothes
B) Space suits ✅
C) Military uniforms
D) Compression suits
30. What is the SpaceX Starship designed for?
A) Short suborbital flights
B) Interplanetary travel ✅
C) Satellite launches
D) Cargo missions
Miscellaneous Facts About Space Tourism
31. Who was the first space tourist?
A) Elon Musk
B) Richard Branson
C) Dennis Tito ✅
D) Jeff Bezos
32. How long does a space tourist spend on the ISS?
A) 1 day
B) 10 days ✅
C) 1 month
D) 1 year
33. Which company plans to develop a luxury space hotel?
A) SpaceX
B) Orion Span ✅
C) Boeing
D) NASA
34. What is the name of Blue Origin’s rocket?
A) Falcon 9
B) New Shepard ✅
C) Starship
D) SLS
35. Who was the first woman to fly as a space tourist?
A) Valentina Tereshkova
B) Sally Ride
C) Anousheh Ansari ✅
D) Peggy Whitson
36. What is the purpose of Zero-G flights?
A) Simulate weightlessness ✅
B) Replace space travel
C) Train astronauts
D) Launch satellites
37. What is a major concern for commercial space flights?
A) Air traffic control
B) Space debris ✅
C) No gravity
D) Long travel time
38. What is the term for space travel paid for by private individuals?
A) Government missions
B) Public spaceflight
C) Space tourism ✅
D) Satellite operations
39. What do space tourists experience in microgravity?
A) Floating ✅
B) Extreme weight gain
C) Increased gravity
D) No movement
40. Who was the first person to orbit Earth as a space tourist?
A) Dennis Tito ✅
B) Jeff Bezos
C) Richard Branson
D) Yuri Gagarin
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