"Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is wha..." — Buzz Aldrin

Space travel for everyone is the next frontier in the human experience.

A hybrid human-robot mission to investigate an asteroid affords a realistic opportunity to demonstrate new technological capabilities for future deep-space travel and to test spacecraft for long-duration spaceflight.

As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get you home.

Space tourism is a logical outgrowth of the adventure tourist market.