Comments on: Revisiting space tourism demand forecasts

By: Personal Spaceflight » Another space tourism survey

Personal Spaceflight » Another space tourism survey — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:59:00 +0000

[…] I noted in an earlier post that one of the key issues with forecasting the demand for space tourism is the need to do an updated survey to see how preferences have changed since the original Futron/Zogby study in 2002. SPACE.com reports that such an effort is underway by Incredible Adventures, a Florida-based adventure tourism company, in cooperation with Derek Webber, a former colleague of mine who led the original Futron/Zogby study and is now an independent consultant. […]

By: Chance

Chance — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:49:42 +0000

I think the market will be strong for commercial spaceflight, though that may simply be wishful thinking. I wonder about marketing though.. so far most of the info seems to get out by word of mouth, blogs like this, or news articles. Will we be seeing a superbowl commercial or publicity stunt in the near future to help get the word out? Rich people watch TV too after all.

By: Evon Speckhard

Evon Speckhard — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:02:17 +0000

Jeff,

The Statement right before the conclusion that ends with “…, health conditions may still be am important factor to consider”, suddenly made me think about how the nation could use the excitement of going to space in a positive way.
The question then becomes how do we use this statement to promote healthy people throughout the nation. If this idea is worth investigating, how would one cross market the healthy america idea. Could this help people “get off the couch”? Is there a marketing slogan that equate space tourism and healthy lifestle. Are there resturaunts that would find a benefit in matching their products to keeping healthy to go into space? Would 24 Hour Fitness be interested?