#59 Laura Forczyk: Becoming Off-Worldly

We will talk about space tourism this week. Laura Forczyk is back – she just published a book called “Becoming off-worldly” that talks all about space tourism and the space tourism experience. As an investor in space tourism and, hopefully, some day a customer, I’m really excited about this one. Enjoy!

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If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. In 2022, it will be published in English and Portuguese, too.

 

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:43 Laura's new book

7:13 Government astronauts, commercial and "in between"

9:28 Private space missions

14:36 Mental experience of spaceflight

25:43 Supply and demand

27:03 Who should go to Space?

32:38 The Overview Effect

35:34 Safety

38:45 The Moon

43:10 Medical emergencies in Space

46:00 High altitude balloons

48:27 Other topics & wrap-up