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When I read about the Orbital Assembly s plans to begin construction on a space hotel in 2026, it didn t occur to me to doubt that it would happen. I just imagined my first step, Neil Armstrong style, onto the jet bridge and felt my heart, legs and stomach all judder in real life. I wondered whether I would be brave enough, given the chance, to take that second step. This is the perfect cultural moment to dangle the Kennedy-era optimism of a space hotel before a country full of jumpy shut-ins. We re as ready to flee as Andy Dufresne tunnelling out of Shawshank State Prison, and, man, do we need an escape.
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What Your Summer Vacation Might Look Like This Year
COVID made your home the hot vacation destination for 2020. Whether you opted for a full-on staycation, or slipped away to a rental a few hours away, few people weren t adventuring too far away from home.
But now, nearly a year into the pandemic, we re getting antsy to get back out there pretty much anywhere. People are definitely making plans, says travel planner Susan Moynihan of The Honeymoonist/Largay Travel. There are two segments: a smaller group of people who are sick of being stuck at home and are traveling both domestically and internationally despite the complications, and a larger group of people who are waiting on a vaccine to travel, especially internationally. That first group has always been there, but it s getting bigger, and people aren t hiding their travels as much.
Elaine Glusac, The New York Times
Published: 27 Jan 2021 04:31 PM BdST
Updated: 27 Jan 2021 04:31 PM BdST A group of bicyclists, including John Shackelford (second from left) who initiated the trip, cycles through rural Georgia, visiting places associated with Black history as they ride from Mobile, Ala, to Washington, DC. The New York Times
Every year, John Shackelford, 26, a bicycle messenger in New York City, takes what he calls a “tour,” or long-distance ride with friends. Following a summer of social unrest sparked by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police, the 2020 tour, he decided, would travel roughly 1,100 miles from Mobile, Alabama, to Washington, D C, visiting places associated with Black history, including Civil Rights landmarks, history museums and memorials such as the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. The pandemic was an obstacle to visiting some sites, but not enough to hol