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Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how

  • Written by Betsy Pudliner, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout
imageBlue Origin's NS-31 flight lifted off on April 14, 2025.Justin Hamel/Getty Images

On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin launched six women – Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez – on a suborbital journey to the edge of space.

The headlines called it a historic moment for women in space...

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