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Interesting take the the news that space tourism is about to take off. The author's position is that the real business model by private companies will not (only) be to take wealthy people in orbit. Rather, it will be to take up the routinary and menial task of shuttling men and equipment to and from orbiting space stations in a more efficient way than governmental space agencies, with efficiency coming from competition. This will free up government agencies to pursue projects that are clearly beyond what private firms can do, i.e. going to the moon and Mars.