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Virgin Galactic makes Space Travel Green
Virgin Galactic is staking claim to a new, greener way to journey through space on their SpaceShipTwo out of Spaceport America; starting in 2009, passengers can orbit in the ship for two and a half hours while creating a carbon footprint less than that of a flight from NYC to London.
Space tourism’s ‘green’ marketing dilemma
By the year 2012, two travel sectors will be represented in space. First there were flights, and now there is accommodation. Barcelona based tourism company, Galactic Suite, recently confirmed their intentions to launch a fully functional space hotel by 2012. This news follows the Virgin Galactic announcement of its commercial space flights, commencing early 2009. [...]
What Turning Down the Heat Means for Travelers
by Bill McKibben
As hotels think green, and airlines and businesses quest for technologies to help halt the rise of the earth’s temperature, Bill McKibben examines what it may take to turn down the heat.
