Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is nearing a regular cadence of commercial suborbital travel. Shown is SpaceShipTwo zipping skyward over New Mexico’s Spaceport America.
Image credit: Virgin Galactic

That ill-fated dive of the Titan submersible and loss of its deep ocean exploring occupants has sparked conversation and debate in the world of public space travel.

Deep diving submersible.
Image credit: OceanGate

There are similarities, some of which offer lessons learned as commercial suborbital and orbital passenger flight flourishes.

Please go to my new Space.com story – “How will space tourism be impacted by the Titan submersible tragedy?” – at:

https://www.space.com/spaceflight-titan-submersible-tragedy-impacts