Welcome to Spaceport Associates!

We want to help you with your space tourism information needs. You may like to start by taking the Mini-Tutorial on this page, and then for more depth peruse the following useful papers - yours to download for free. If you still have specific information needs on markets, regulation or policy, just let us know - we stand by ready to help. Enjoy your stay!

Buzz Aldrin with The Wright Stuff
Buzz Aldrin with the cover art for the Apogee book The Wright Stuff - the Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space by Derek Webber, the Executive Director of Spaceport Associates. The book provides a history of the parallel developments of aviation and rocketry that have led to the creation of a space tourism business.
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Current Focus at Spaceport Associates

Spaceport Associates provides an educational resource to those interested in the business of space tourism, while contributing to problem-solving in the market and regulatory areas - such as exploring the potential business case for Point-to-Point sub-orbital transportation services, assisting in the formulation of space tourism training needs, and providing the policy rationale for the support of a space tourism industry.

Executive Director Derek Webber receives space tourism recognition award at ISDC 2006, with Burt Rutan and Robert Bigelow