Entrepreneurs and astronauts on commercial spaceflight's future

"We're here to make space more accessible to all at all." — Richard Branson, July 11, 2021, after Virgin Galactic's crewed flight[[cite:1]]
"My vision is I want to see millions of people living and working in space." — Jeff Bezos, December 2014, interview at the Ignition conference[[cite:2]]
"privately crewed missions will have unprecedented access to the space station" — Gwynne Shotwell, March 5, 2020, in Axiom Space's announcement of its first fully private human spaceflight mission to the ISS[[cite:3]]
"My advice would be to do your homework, because your time in space is probably going to be short." — Chris Hadfield, April 16, 2014, The Guardian travel Q&A about space tourism[[cite:4]]
"But it’s incredibly important if we want to increase access to space for as many people as possible." — Peggy Whitson, May 25, 2023, Spaceflight Now reporting on a CBS News interview[[cite:5]]

Entrepreneurs and astronauts on commercial spaceflight's future

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