Can Star Trek Provide The Key To The Future Of Space Tourism?

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 15, 2008 – There are many areas across the board in Technologies that have been gleaned from the Star Trek Universe over the years (cell phones, cloaking technology, video game technology, replicators) and the list continues to grow as mankind matures.

Space Tourism is the next logical step in this progression, and still very much in its infancy stages and will need to still take several more steps before becoming fully mature and helping mankind achieve its greatest walk, yet to come.  If it will take any one company decades to go through these steps, wouldn’t it make better sense for a consortium of companies to take the same steps together and accomplish the same steps, but take less then one decade to make the same accomplishments?  Gene Roddenberry was a good man and a wise futurist, and he knew that for mankind to survive and have a future free of disease, poverty and war, it meant working together to accomplish that common goal, and that very theme is written all the way through the many stories of Star Trek.


Currently, there are many companies in this new sector of space tourism, and all are trying to get there first, most of whom have good management, good ideas, but most fall short of their goals due to lack of funding for those goals.  It is almost impossible for each individual company to secure a huge pool of capital from traditional sources, as those traditional sources want something more tangible and immediate for their funding in such a new and untried sector such as space tourism or any type of business taking place in the vast vortex of space.  Thus, the capital that is available is somewhat limited for each company, giving rise to the high failure rate for companies trying to compete in this new “space race”.

Does the answer reside once again with Star Trek?  A consortium of companies pulling their resources together and building the infrastructure for a “space-based” shipyard, Utopia Planitia Fleet Yard (from Star Trek Universe) would provide the next essential step in opening up space, thus providing a future path and provide profitability on a large scale for all of the companies involved.  While it would not exactly resemble the fleet yard as described in Star Trek,  it would give them the basics to start with, which would then open up space to business traffic, such as hotel chains, restaurant chains, cruise ship lines, and theme park builders, who could expand their current businesses into the realm of space.  They would also be able to develop, design, and build a whole new generation of spaceships, and allow mankind to explore space in a way that has never been done before, truly going “where no man has gone before…”

Utopia Planitia Group has recently been formed to bring together a consortium of companies, with the aim of combining diverse strengths, partnerships, and creativity.  They will work on many diverse projects in the areas of Science, Technology, Aerospace, Space Tourism, Entertainment, and will include the Utopia Planitia Shipyards. They are actively seeking individuals and/or companies in any of these areas to join this consortium.  You may contact Randy Brimer or John Mow directly at UPlanitia@aol.com.

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