The quest for sustainability in lower orbit: Conceptual models for space tourism

Paladini, Stefanía; Saha, Krishnendu

doi:10.1002/jtr.2568

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“…Considering the potential and influence of space travel, we can foresee its positive impact on human social and economic development, scientific education, cultural inheritance, and residents' employment in the future [31]. Space travel literature mainly focuses on space laws, consumers' tourism motivation, and sustainable space travel [32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

Section: Space Travel Industry and Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

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Sustainable Space Travel: What Can We Do in Education from Economic and Environmental Perspectives?

Wu,

Peng,

Yao

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Space travel began in 2001 and became popular in 2021 because of commercial operations. With the development of space technology and commercialization, like re-launchable rockets used to travel to space in recent years, hawse have gradually entered the space era. However, the space industry causes massive emissions, inducing some opposition to its development. It is essential to investigate the attitude of residents toward space travel and balance the pros and cons of sustainability. A quantitative analysis was adopted to test two models based on duality theory. The data were obtained from 284 samples from various regions of China and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results show that the two-factor model of economic development conflicted with environmental protection. However, study two indicates that educational interventions can facilitate sustainable space travel because they mediate the relationship between economic and environmental factors.

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Section: Space Travel Industry and Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Space Travel: What Can We Do in Education from Economic and Environmental Perspectives?

Wu,

Peng,

Yao

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…Kim, Hall, Kwon, Hwang, & Kim, 2023; M. J. Kim, Hall, Kwon, Sohn, & Kim, 2023;Mehran et al, 2023;Paladini & Saha, 2023). M. J.…”

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“…Kim, Hall, Kwon, Sohn, & Kim, 2023). Paladini and Saha (2023) reconceptualized the sustainability of low orbit space tourism and emphasized that future studies needed to incorporated examination of the technological dimensions of sustainability. Mehran et al (2023) created a framework linking personality with public responses to space tourism, identifying research gaps, and proposing directions for future studies on a range of topics including tourism typology, ethical issues, stakeholder perspectives, and the use of new technologies.…”

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Effects of Value-Belief-Norm Theory, ESG, and AI on Space Tourist Behavior for Sustainability With Three Types of Space Tourism

Kim,

Hall,

Kwon

et al. 2023

Journal of Travel Research

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Since reusable launch vehicles have revolutionized access to space, space tourism has received enormous policy and research attention. However, such growth is occurring within a wider context of concerns over climate change, emissions, and space debris. Although the space industries have enormous environmental impacts, few studies have been undertaken on the sustainability of space tourism. Therefore, we aim to create and assess an extended value-beliefs-norms theory with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, trust in artificial intelligence (AI), and the benefits of AI, in comparing three types of space tourism (Earth, suborbital, and orbital). To achieve the goals, multi-method analyses of 1,000 respondents were applied, including partial least squares-structural equation modeling, multi-group analysis, fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, and deep learning. Results revealed that the extended value-belief-norm model well explains space tourist behavior, ESG also has significant roles on the research model, and the three types have unique characteristics.

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“…There has been public interested in space tourism since the “space race” of the 1960s (Cohen, and Spector, 2020; Kim et al , 2023; Paladini and Saha, 2023; Wang et al , 2021). Given the success of Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX in 2021, private entrepreneurs have breathed new life into space tourism by offering private suborbital travel (Kim et al , 2023; Mehran et al , 2023).…”

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“…Ticket prices for orbital space tourism are extremely high, more than US$50m per seat, while the ticket prices for suborbital space travel are much lower ($250,000–$500,000) (Carter, 2021; Clash, 2022). Orbital tourism will be conducted in conjunction with other space activities to assist commercial viability, whereas suborbital space travel is expected to be conducted soon (Mehran et al , 2023; Paladini and Saha, 2023; Wang et al , 2021).…”

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Orbital and sub-orbital space tourism: motivation, constraint and artificial intelligence

Kim

Hall

Kwon

et al. 2023

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Purpose There is limited research on the behavior of different categories of space tourists as identified by different types of space tourism. To address this deficiency, the purpose of this study is to examine what factors make consumers participate in orbital and/or suborbital space tourism, along with three dimensions of motivation, constraint and artificial intelligence. To achieve this study’s goals, a comprehensive research model was developed that included three dimensions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, intrapersonal and interpersonal constraint and awareness of and trust in artificial intelligence, in comparing orbital and suborbital space tourism groups. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was carried out with respondents who wanted to participate in orbital (n = 332) and suborbital (n = 332) space tourism in the future. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, multi-group analysis and deep learning were used to understand potential space tourist behavior. Findings Extrinsic motivation has the greatest positive impact on behavioral intention, followed by awareness of and trust in artificial intelligence, while intrapersonal constraint strongly negatively affects behavioral intention. Surprisingly, interpersonal constraint is insignificant by partial least squares-structural equation modeling but is still one of sufficient causal configurations by fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Interestingly, the two types of space tourism have very distinct characteristics. Originality/value This study created a comprehensive integrated research model with three dimensions of motivation, constraint and artificial intelligence, along with potential orbital and suborbital space tourist groups, to identify future consumer behavior. Importantly, this study used multi-analysis methods using four different approaches to better shed light on potential orbital and suborbital space tourists.

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The quest for sustainability in lower orbit: Conceptual models for space tourism

Cited by 6 publications

References 152 publications

Sustainable Space Travel: What Can We Do in Education from Economic and Environmental Perspectives?

Sustainable Space Travel: What Can We Do in Education from Economic and Environmental Perspectives?

Effects of Value-Belief-Norm Theory, ESG, and AI on Space Tourist Behavior for Sustainability With Three Types of Space Tourism

Orbital and sub-orbital space tourism: motivation, constraint and artificial intelligence

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