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Space tourism
space travel for recreational purposes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space tourism is human space travel for non-government reasons such as private or entertainment reasons.[1]
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There are many different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. This is being done by aerospace companies like Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.[2] SpaceX is planning to send a space tourist to the Moon.[3]