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In contrast to the growing space tourism industry, such as the orbital movie studio planned to open this December, as well as plans to host the first Michelin star meal in space next year at a cost of nearly half a million dollars per guest, the future of research on how living in space impacts human anatomy is uncertain.

Richard Branson, who founded space tourism company Virgin Galactic, once noted that he too is “determined to being a part of starting a population on Mars.”

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson in 2004, is based in Tustin and has its design and manufacturing operations in Mojave, where it also performs test flights.

The Democrats are backing a new candidate this time around: George Whitesides, the former chief executive of space tourism company Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic has escalated a legal battle with Boeing over a broken partnership on a space tourism project.