WEEKEND ENGAGEMENT 253: Would you go into space like a tourist?

I remember that when I was a child, the night sky held a great fascination for me. If I woke up in the middle of the night, I liked to go to the balcony to look at the sky, alone, without noise around me, without anything to distract me. I liked to be like that, observing, in silence, that immense space, before which I felt very small, but of which, somehow, I felt a part. I had no words for that special feeling that took hold of me, and I don't think I still have words that can express it.

That feeling of the night sky became so important to me that when my sisters asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I told them I wanted to be an astronaut. Back then, there were several television series I enjoyed watching that dealt with space travel, such as "Star Trek," "UFO," "Lost in Space," and "Space 1999."

Of course, it was a dream, a child dream. And although in the 21st century space tourism, travel by people who are not astronauts, to the International Space Station at an altitude of more than 100 kilometers above our planet, has been a reality since 2001, when millionaire Dennis Tito paid 20 million dollars to spend a season there; traveling as a tourist to space is still a dream for me.

Because my native language is Spanish, I used Google Translate to share these thoughts with my friends at Weekend Experiences. I hope you enjoyed my article. Thank you for reading. 🙂👍