Space Tourism: The Arguments in Favor

The Blue Origin NS-19 crew stand next to the New Shepard rocket after their successful launch on December 11, 2021 Patrick T. FALLON AFP/File

To its many detractors, space tourism amounts to nothing more than joy-rides for the global super rich that will worsen the planet's climate crisis.

But the nascent sector also has supporters, who, while not rejecting the criticism outright, argue the industry can bring humanity benefits too.