what to see
Supernova Watch
Stars like our sun have a fairly quiet end to their lives, but if you haven’t surfed the shockwave of an exploding massive star – a supernova – then you haven’t really tested your spacecraft.
Likely candidates include the massive Eta Carina, Gamma Velorum II, Sher 25 – desperately unstable stars which could go bang any time in the nearest future.
We will fly there and witness this incredible spectacle.
Giant fireworks all over the sky.
Season: October to December 2123.
Tour duration: 2 weeks.
Fleet: spaceship WarLord (Capt. Josh DeMarco).
Sunrise on Mercury
Sunrise and sunset on Mercury are spectacles to behold. Two and one half times larger in the sky than seen on the Earth, the sun appears to rise and set twice during a Mercurian day.
It rises, then arcs across the sky, stops, moves back toward the rising horizon, stops again, and finally restarts its journey toward the setting horizon.
These aerial maneuvers occur because Mercury rotates three times for every two orbits around the sun and because Mercury’s orbit is very elliptical.
Someone walks high in the mountains to see an unforgettable sunrise, and the bravest ones fly to the closest to the Sun planet to enjoy an unforgettable spectacle.
Bring swimsuits, sunglasses and plenty of suncream.
Our ship has a huge sun terrace and a pool with sea water and cocktails in the bar. You can sunbathe there all day long.
Season: every month 2123-2124.
Tour duration: 2 weeks.
Fleet: spaceship Lady Maria (Capt. Tom Van Kees).
Two Black Holes Collide
It may be the rarest event in the universe – the slow dance of two black holes before their eventual merger.
Scientists on Earth are always struggling to detect these events by recording the ripples in the fabric of space itself that will ensue, but to catch it yourself find the center of a recently merged galaxy and look closely for a few billion years.
This trip is intended for tourists who are not afraid of long-distance travel in space and love extreme tourism.
Season: every month 2123-2124.
Tour duration: 2 weeks.
Fleet: spaceship Supermassive (Capt.Carsten Ropke).
Hat-P-7b – Where It Rains Rubies and Sapphires
HAT-P-7b is located in the Cygnus constellation, about 1000 light years away from the Earth.
On the night side of this exoplanet, high precipitation of aluminium oxide (corundum) is found in the atmosphere. Because corundum gems are rubies and sapphires, travelers can observe the stormy weather on the planet’s night side as ‘raining rubies & sapphires’.
The planet also suffers from violent storms, so these rubies and sapphires are scattered planet-wide.
An amazing journey for those who are fascinated by the aesthetics of gems.
After sightseeing tours, you will have the opportunity to walk along the surface and collect these stones as souvenirs.
Believe us, this is much more exciting than picking mushrooms in the forest or sea clams on the ocean coast after low tide.
Season: every month 2123-2124.
Tour duration: 2 weeks.
Fleet: spaceship Tulsa Prime (Capt.Michael Kwong).
The Tallest Mountain on Vesta
Despite its diameter of about 530 km, the asteroid Vesta is home to our solar system’s tallest mountain. Centered within an impact crater called Rheasilvia, this 23 km unnamed peak could easily fit two stacked Mount Everests.
This mega-mountain is believed to have formed 1 billion years ago after an impact with an object at least 48 km across. The resulting force carved out a huge amount of material, some 1 percent of Vesta, that was ejected into space and scattered across the solar system.
In fact, it’s estimated that some 5 percent of all space rocks on Earth originated from Vesta, which thus joins only a handful of solar-system objects beyond Earth (including Mars and the moon) from which scientists have a sample.
The orbit of the asteroid Vesta is within the main asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter. This is one of the largest objects in this area, there is a spaceport and a tourist base on the asteroid.
All ground excursions are possible only to the foot of the mountain, without climbing options.
Take with you equipment for photo and video filming of the nameless peak, this can be done from the board of the tourist shuttle.
Season: every month 2123-2124.
Tour duration: 2 weeks.
Fleet: spaceship ShockWave (Capt. Rene Griffin).
