Spaceflight 🚀Where to book and what else to consider for your private #spaceflight 🚀 https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Space
20 things to see 📷 on the #Moon https://www.astronomy.com/observing/things-to-see-on-the-moon-an-observers-guide-to-lunar-names/
🧭 #Navigation : #Marble is a virtual globe 🌐 application which allows the user to choose among the #Earth, the #Moon, #Venus, #Mars and other planets 🪐 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) | https://marble.kde.org
"Think of something profound to say on your arrival. Things that the #Apollo astronauts 👨🚀 said on their arrival includes [...] https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Moon
4️⃣0️⃣ #SpaceStation & #SpaceHabitat companies https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations
The Global 🌐 #Spaceport Alliance now has 76 members, including 31 spaceports around the world 🌏. #Starship could reach most destinations within 30 minutes and anywhere on #Earth within an hour ⏱️ https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/rocket-companies-set-out-plans-for-global-same-day-delivery-at-farnborough-airshow
The search for safer and geographically advantageous launch sites has turned global attention toward #Africa 🌍. It’s proximity to the equator brings with it a “slingshot effect” for rockets, helping satellites reach geostationary transfer orbit with less fuel and #costs. #Djibouti’s 🇩🇯 #spaceport is expected to take five years to complete. Engineers from a couple of #Kenyan 🇰🇪 universities concluded that building a spaceport was “highly feasible” https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/could-the-united-states-future-liftoffs-take-place-in-africa/
🌍 #Djibouti revealed a $1 billion plan in 2023 to build #Africa's first orbital #spaceport with two PRC-based 🇨🇳 companies.Djibouti launched its first satellite in 2023, on a #SpaceX rocket https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11304
🇨🇳 Chinese products are often cheaper and come with more perks than Western ones.
“#China cares about the commercial aspect, but that’s not the main driver. They know how important the Global South is for a long-term #geopolitical play. These are developing economies, and in the future, may be important markets.” https://payloadspace.com/whos-working-with-china-on-space/
#SpaceEconomy #SpaceIndustry #Africa #Pakistan #Egypt #Venezuela
