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Eco-Friendly Space Technology

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  Space Tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors expanding from USD 774.6 million in 2019 to USD 1383.3 million in 2025 and 3 billion dollars by 2030. Due to its fast growth, everybody wants a piece of it, hence some of the world billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson competing for it. Over the years many companies have come up with innovative plans of making space tourism more accessible and affordable with tickets ranging from USD 95,000 to USD 55 million with Richard Branson’s Virgin already having 600 people pre-booked for USD 250,000. It's safe to say that the space tourism industry has nowhere to go but up, Now the real question arises with all these trips to space, what’s going to happen to our environment? As per the study, a traditional chemical rocket emits 100 times more CO2 per passenger than flights and we all know the effects of CO2 on our environment. But does this mean that we should stop? Space tourism does not sound effective when we th