Space Tourism Society

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The Space Tourism Society is a California 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1996 by John Spencer, a former member of the board of directors of the National Space Society,^[1] with the goal of promoting space tourism.^[2]

The STS is based in the US and has chapters in Japan, Norway, Canada, Malaysia, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]} It is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development.^[3]