Not far out: can games predict the future of commercial space travel

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Spacelines From The Far Out is a new video game that simulates commercial space travel, but how realistic is its portrayal? We spoke to space historian and author Rod Pyle to find out.

n set to be joined by new players in the coming years, experts in the field are predicting that affordable suborbital travel will be available to most of us within a couple of decades.

With its 1950s retro stylings,"Spacelines From The Far Out"’s somewhat antiquated choice of battery power makes sense, at least from an aesthetic perspective, but as Pyle points out, energy systems in the commercial space line era have advanced drastically: “Soyuz and upcoming Orion will use solar panels,” he adds.

“It’s been very difficult to sell the idea of relaxed safety standards to the public,” notes Pyle. “To date, NASA and the FAA have been overseeing flight safety. In the future, much as occurred with civil aviation, a new federal agency may be needed to handle safety oversight for commercial spaceflight and habitation.

 

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