Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
An inflatable workroom from Bigelow Aerospace will be added to the International Space Station, The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, will head to low-Earth orbit (LEO) in 2015 aboard the Dragon, a rocket built and operated by the privately run, Elon Musk-founded company SpaceX.
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Boeing CST-100 space capsule
When private space is an established industry in the not-so-distant future, different carriers will provide distinctive customer experiences for space tourists—just as Jet Blue and Delta airlines provide different inflight amenities. At least that’s what Boeing is banking on with its recently unveiled interior designs for the CST-100 space capsule.
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Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok is now the most visited city in the world by international tourists, according to the new Global Destination City Index, eking out London by less than one percent. But foreign visitors still spend more in New York than any other city by a wide margin.
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35% drop in women tourists in India.
Since the Dehli gang rape the image of ‘Incredible India’ has taken a massive beating in the past three months, resulting in foreign tourist arrivals falling 25% and an even bigger drop, 35%, in women tourists.
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Tourists in Paris.
When we travel are we really the stereotype of the “ugly American”? LivingSocial and Mandala Research carried out a new survey that says we seem to be. And to make it worse it was mostly Americans ranking fellow Americans.
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Non-resident visitors to the United States wait in line at immigration control at a U.S. airport.
Businesses salivate over the kind of foreign traveler Agustina Ocamp is. He is a 22-year-old Argentine who recently dropped more than $5,000 on food, hotels and clothes in Las Vegas during a trip that also took her to Seattle’s Space Needle, Disneyland and the San Diego Zoo. But she doubts she will return soon.
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