Template talk:Space tourists

Tom Cruise mission
The Tom Cruise mission - if any - would not be a space tourism activity. It would be professional activity. When Cruise goes to Dubai to shoot MI, you do not say this is tourism. Hektor (talk) 13:36, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , is also possible to argue the same thing for the Soyuz MS-19 spaceflight participants. Erick Soares3 (talk) 20:05, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Hektor (talk) 17:50, 17 October 2021 (UTC)


 * It's a non-professional space trip for purposes not related to the operation of space facilities nor space science nor government purposes. These have been term touristic in the press. Just as the Japanese reporter and the British lottery funded stunt flight have been (LA Times etc) Employees operating to host (ie. like a flight attendant) the spaceflight would not be tourists, like Michael López-Alegría and Peggy Whitson, who should be removed. -- 65.92.246.142 (talk) 10:45, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I disagree. It is a professional space trip. When you are a professional actor (Tom Cruise) or a director, and you go somewhere to shoot a movie, this is a professional trip. Hektor (talk) 21:03, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * And there's the case of the Polaris Dawn: they are proposing to do such experimental things (like the EVA in SpaceX suits) that I'm having a hard time to call it "space tourism". It was ok with Inspiration4 since they whole deal was to bring the "regular person" into the game, but with Polaris seems something quite experimental for SpaceX (even considering Isaacman's funding). Erick Soares3 (talk) 21:31, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * and returning here: I think that we should establish which one of Axiom's flights are allowed here. As an example: if Ax-2 sends an Saudi Arabia crew (as it might happen - 1) I do think that they shouldn't be here, since they will be representing their government - but other users could dispute it. Erick Soares3 (talk) 13:28, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also why do we have Helen Sharman who is retroactively considered as space tourist in this template. Hektor (talk) 08:21, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Saudi astronauts
I find problematic to call the flight of the two Saudi astronauts, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni, a space tourists mission. It is a commercial space flight, but not a touristic flight. Hektor (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree. And going by space.com, only John Shoffner is a self paying costumer. Erick Soares3 (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)