Since 2010 the idea of commercialized space travel has buzzed around Wall Street. In fact, many American business’ now consider space, “the universal marketplace of the future.”

Whereby, just in 2013 CEO Richard Branson raised, "commercial space voyage prices," for a voyage departing Earth when his commercialized space vessel was completed. Furthermore, that Summer, under the subsidiary, “Virgin Galactic,” Branson promised investors, “trips into space.” Then later that Summer Branson lit one of his first ever rocket motors on a prototype space voyage! Nevertheless, that same day Virgin Galactic’s pre-sale price for a ticket into orbit sky-rocketed from $200,000… to $250,000 dollars per trip.

And it was then… at that moment in history, when the idea of commercialized space travel began sounding real.

Furthermore, in 2014, Virgin Galactic claimed that 700 tickets had been sold thus far... with their destination beyond Earth's orbit. (*This was according to CNN.) And now, today, Virgin Galactic claims that they have currently, "accepted 80 million dollars in pre-sale deposits concerning future voyages departing the Earth.”

Virgin Galactic’s “Spaceship 2,” ran a test flight through Earth’s stratosphere at 71,000 feet, in 2014. Image via Google search.

But similarly Space X, like Virgin Galactic, has also made headline's this year for also pioneering commercialized space travel. In fact, in the forthcoming, “space industry,” Space X has also begun selling tickets into space. Nevertheless, Space X has also been attempting to build, “re-usable rockets,” that according to scientist's could one day make space travel much more efficient and hence more affordable!

Currently at NASA rocket's break into sections during flights into space making costs for these voyages very high and cumbersome to entrepeneurs and scientists alike. So, for this reason... Elon Musk, the founder of Space X... has been working to create a re-usable rocket which allegedly could give his company the upper hand in the forthcoming, “space industry.”

So, the question then becomes, “will space voyages become commercially viable or perhaps even the next big industrial sector?” And if so, "how far are consumers willing to go for a trip into space?" And those questions, along with many others, have not yet been answered. However, companies like Space X might be taking passengers into orbit sooner than science fiction may indicate.

And Space X has posted this mission statement on it’s company website. (Click here)

“Our launch manifest is populated by a diverse customer base, including space station resupply missions, commercial satellite launch missions and US government science and national security missions.” -Space X

But how long until commercialized space travel becomes a commonplace reality? And just this past year Space X began undertaking billions of dollars worth of government contracts for space related assignments with the goal to make that reality happen sooner than we think! So what do you think? Is commercial space travel the wave of the future? And do you want to go into orbit?

The Human Race?

Furthermore, imagine… people living on the Moon. Can you imagine the human race evolving into a new gravity and a new human form, evolved over time from living on other planets with different gravity and gas compositions!

And perhaps a moon colony might even evolve into a new species of humanoid, altogether? Whereby, "this effect,” could realistically occur in the near future due to space pioneers inevitably colonizing celestial body's like planets and moons outside of Earth. Which is to say, that due to the differences in gravity and available resources on the lunar surface or on other planets, people’s bodies could evolve over time. Furthermore, how would a lifetime or two on the moon’s ecosystem cause the human race to evolve physically? Could this also become a seemingly unforeseen offshoot of human evolution? And what are the resulting differences between a human living on Earth and a human living in the Cosmo's? And what could the future of, "ethnicity," hold? Particularly, resulting from future space exploration and colonization?

Otherwise, what says, “it’s time to address economic inequality,” quite like a private space ship, sitting on your neighbor’s lawn?

And the possibilities of commercialized space travel are endless… and as 2015 comes to a close, our future looks that much more amazing.

By: William Larsen

Civilians News – “News For All Views.”