Space Tourism Society


The Space Tourism Society was founded in 1996. It is the first organization specifically focused on the space tourism industry.
Their stated goals, quoted from their :

"To conduct the research,

build public desire,

and acquire the financial and political power

to make space tourism available

to as many people as possible

as soon as possible."

STS has chapters in Japan, Norway, Canada, Malaysia, India, Russia and the United Kingdom, and is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development.
The STS is a California 5013 nonprofit organization based in the USA. STS aims to provide the vision and voice for the evolution of humanity off-world in a humane, fun, and beautiful direction. STS was created to inspire people to build real products for future use in space.

History

, the president of the society, John Spencer, is designing a space yacht aimed for cruising in Earth orbit.