Space tourism is space travel by individuals for the purpose of personal pleasure. The space tourism industry is being targeted by spaceports in numerous locations, including the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark near Burns Flat, Oklahoma Spaceport America in Sierra County, New Mexico, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on the Delmarva Peninsula in Virginia, the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska, and the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden.
Proposed spaceports targeting commercial activity include the Ras Al Khaimah spaceport in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Spaceport Sheboygan near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Singapore spaceport near Singapore's Changi Airport
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