About the possible spaceplane described in "Europe's Tourist Rocket" [October]: As much as I dream of floating around in microgravity, I am against the idea of space tourism. After the political aspects that brought on the Space Age faded, the goals of spaceflight have centered on scientific knowledge for the benefit of humankind. Space travel was and is very dangerous. I will leave it to professional astronauts and happily view their videos. And I will use the many new technologies that their work leads to.
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