Space Tourism Society
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The Space Tourism Society is a California 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1996 by John Spencer, a former member of the board of directors of the National Space Society,[1] with the goal of promoting space tourism.[2]
The STS is based in the US and has chapters in Japan, Norway, Canada, Malaysia, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom.[citation needed] It is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development.[3]
As of July 2013[update], the president of the society, John Spencer, is designing a 91-metre (300 ft) space yacht aimed at cruising in Earth orbit.[4]
