These days, we can enjoy all sorts of holidays because the choices we have are seemingly (17) ENDLESS. If you are concerned about the planet, you can stay in environmentally friendly accommodation in stunning (18) SURROUNDINGS around the world. If you're interested in helping less (19) FURTUNATE communities, you can look into volunteer tourism.
But for those who are feeling more than a little (20) ADVENTUROUS, nothing can match space tourism.
Until now, only a handful of very rich people have rididen Russian rockets on (21) RELATIVELY short trips to the International Space Station (ISS).
The last person to take such an (22) UNORDINARY voyage was Guy Laliberté, the founder of Cirque de Soleil, in September 2009. Laliberté paid $35 million for the (23) PLEASURE of visiting the ISS.
Virgin Galactic hopes to (24) REVOLUTIONISE travel by offering commercial spaceflights in the near future, though at a cost of $250,000 per flight, it would still be out of reach for most people.
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These days, we can enjoy all sorts of holidays because the choices we have are seemingly (17) ENDLESS. If you are concerned about the planet, you can stay in environmentally friendly accommodation in stunning (18) SURROUNDINGS around the world. If you're interested in helping less (19) FURTUNATE communities, you can look into volunteer tourism.
But for those who are feeling more than a little (20) ADVENTUROUS, nothing can match space tourism.
Until now, only a handful of very rich people have rididen Russian rockets on (21) RELATIVELY short trips to the International Space Station (ISS).
The last person to take such an (22) UNORDINARY voyage was Guy Laliberté, the founder of Cirque de Soleil, in September 2009. Laliberté paid $35 million for the (23) PLEASURE of visiting the ISS.
Virgin Galactic hopes to (24) REVOLUTIONISE travel by offering commercial spaceflights in the near future, though at a cost of $250,000 per flight, it would still be out of reach for most people.