Abstract

A ‘Space Tourism Virtual Reality Learning Tool’ will be develop to facilitate experiential learning of space tourism concepts to students. In this learning tool, VR technology will be adopted to create a space tourism tour for students and students can design space hotels at Moon and Mars in the virtual environments. VR space tours preset outer space for the practices and performances that tourism might involve. It will offer new ways of looking through a combination of advancing imaging and data visualization techniques and the cutting-edge optics of space exploration. Combining educational and entertainment content with the novelty of virtual environments, this VR Learning Tool will facilitate experiential learning of space tourism concepts and enable teachers and students to become co-learners in exploring new knowledge of consumer/tourist reactions to space tourism. Since Space tourism is forecast to become a driver of the global economy and space tourism ports have been proposed for a number of island and rural locations. In the near future, students could be involved in some aspects of space tourism planning. This innovative initiative will help youths to learn how to build their careers in the NewSpace era.