Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded in 2004 by Richard Branson, promotes its flights as offering: A Brand New Perspective: Deepen your connection to Earth and to humanity with the transformational experience known as the Overview Effect. First discussed in 1987 by space philosopher Frank White, the Overview Effect is a result of viewingContinue reading “Opinion: Virgin Galactic’s use of the ‘Overview Effect’ to promote space tourism is a terrible irony”
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