
AnoushehAnsarihasdreamtofgoingintoouterspacesinceshewasachild.Anumberofyearsand$20millionlater,withthehelpoftheRussianspaceprogram,herdreamisrealized—Ansaribecomesthefirstfemalespacetourist.Inrecentyears,anumberofprivatecitizenslikeAnsarihavebeenwillingtoendurerigoroustraininginStarCity,Kazakhstan,andpartwithsignificantfundstospendtimeaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation.<br/> DirectorChristianFrei(TheGiantBuddhas,SundanceFilmFestival2006)explorestheimpactofspacetourismintheheavensandonEarthbyadeptlyweavingtogethermultiplestrands:Ansari’sjoyousexperienceinorbit;theeffortsoflocalvillagerstoclaimblack-marketrocketdebris;theobservationsofphotographerJonasBendiksen;andthetrainingofthenextspacetouristinline.SpaceTouristsexaminestheintersectionsofhumanenterpriseandcommerceinthefinalfrontier.