NASA

I feel that the idea of private commercial space travel is not a good thing. Such commercial space travel may not be able to recover the cost of setting, possible dangers may occur and lastly resources may be wasted.

The commercial space travel may not be able to recover the cost. The Space Shuttle Endeavour, the orbiter built to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, cost approximately $1.7 billion. To recover such a high cost, it is not a sum that could be or willing to be paid by anyone, limiting the number of passenger. With reference to the Bloomberg Businessweek article, “NASA will pay each company $1.6 billion to run 12 cargo missions to the space station through 2015. The $133 million cost per flight would be less than one-third NASA's cost for such missions.” With such limited passenger, such space travel may need a long time to recover the cost. Not just that, there may even be a loss for the support needed.

Such travel may have possible danger. Since the technology is still limited, and the condition in the space is still unpredictable, possible dangers may arise. George bush once said "Some explorers do not return, and the loss settles unfairly on a few”, proving the danger that may involve even when experienced astronauts are sent. If any errors or failures were to occur on the craft, the passengers may be left helpless and are not able to cope with such a circumstance.

Lastly, resources may be wasted. Resources included molecular wires and light-weighted metal that are extremely valuable. If such rare resources are to be used on purposes that are to research, it will be heavily wasted, as the reward for the travel to space should have been the ones benefitting the whole human race, rather than for the company. Such resources cannot be replaced by just money.

In conclusion, I feel that the idea of private commercial space travel is not a good thing. Such commercial space travel may not be able to recover the cost of setting, possible dangers may occur and lastly resources may be wasted.