Author Archive: Brook Mantia

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Brook Mantia

To The Stars. Brook, our space tourism columnist, has been involved in space activism for over 20 years. She currently serves as Advocate Coordinator for the Space Frontier Foundation, and as president of the Golden Gate Space Frontier Society, a chapter of the National Space Society. She is also a member of the Planetary Society and the Space Tourism Society. Mrs. Mantia also works as an executive assistant at Commerce One, an e-commerce company based in Silicon Valley. She lives with her husband Vince in Fremont, California, and plans to live on Mars someday.
Space pioneer Dennis Tito

A true space pioneer: Dennis Tito

Our columnist Brook Mantia welcomes a a true space pioneer, Dennis Tito, back to Earth.
Brook making friends with the Klingons

Adventures of a space tourist in Las Vegas

Our Space Tourism columnist, Brooke, recounts her visit to the 2nd Annual Lunar Development Conference, focusing on a permanent return to the Moon.
John S Spencer holding Destiny 1

Space Renaissance Man: John S. Spencer

John S. Spencer is a renaissance man for the millennium with a fierce passion for creating humanity's future in space.
Space Programs YOU Can Join

Space programs YOU can join

If you've got a yen for space travel, but you've been too busy to sign up for astronaut training, here are some space programs you can join now.
Mir Space Station viewed from the Endeavour

Move over ClubMed – here comes ClubMir

Although some consider it more "Motel 6" than "ClubMed," the Mir space station is being resurrected and transformed into the first tourist destination in space.
Voyager I flies past Jupiter

TO THE STARS!

Welcome to Brooke Mantia's space tourism column! Only a few hundred people have traveled in space, but millions dream of it. This is Brooke's journey to make space tourism a reality.