Important Innovations

  Isolated Trips To Nature                                                Source:  HipCamp Vermont COVID Proofed Vacation Destination Travel COVID-19 has caused major disruptions and damage to the global economy and to global travel.  In response the travel industry is innovating with new forms of travel such as outdoor travel trips, remote lodging and private camps far from COVID infected cities.  It's an attempt at COVID proofing a getaway and includes a great deal of social distancing and hygiene.  As people start to think about travelling again and as we await the new COVID vaccines,  travel companies are innovating with new vacation solutions to distance vacationers from the crowds and COVID.  These are largely vacations into nature and the great outdoors. Hot Trends: Biking, Rowing, Camping and Fishing According to a new survey by McKinsey, 18% of Americans are now spending much more time outdoors including biking and fishing.  Innovation companies are capitalizing on the tre

First European Spaceports for Space Tourists Source:  Cornwall, UK image UK in Cornwall and Scotland The UK has signed on to launch destinations for  tourist space vacations.  They're developing spaceports for tourists to take off and land from their vacations in space. The spaceports will be in Cornwall and in the Scottish Highlands. The UK is also working on the regulations.  For more details, go to Important Innovations Collection: UK Providing SpacePorts for Space Vacations : Britain Joins Space Tourism Race Source:  Virgin Galactic Readies for Blast-Off Britain will provide Europe's first spaceports...

Tourist Space Vacations Source:  NASA - ISS NASA To Bring Private Citizens to International Space Station This is a first and a strong harbinger of the commercialization of space. NASA, for $50 million +++ will fly private citizens to the International Space Station, starting in early 2020.  It would be the ultimate vacation onboard the ISS for up to thirty days and the ultimate field trip into outer space for research.  For at the look at the future of space commercialization, go to  Important Innovations Collection: NASA Space Station Vacations : $50 Million ++ Flight That's Out of this World Source:  NASA - ISS Dawn of Space Tourism NASA is opening the International Space ...