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Survey: What Americans Expect Out of Travel in 2020

Dan Peltier

Photo Credit: The International Space Station orbiting over Earth. Flickr / NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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Most of these expectations seem realistic for 2020, given how fast travel tech is advancing today. But space travel becoming commonplace in just six years?

Switchfly announced the results of its new survey of American travelers this week, and some of the findings may seem a bit out-of-this-world. About 5% of Americans admit that they’re anticipating having space-traveled around low Earth orbit by 2020. What’s more, 3% of Americans expect to have visited the International Space Station or Mars by that year. The generation and gender contributing to these intergalactic aspirations the most are millennial men. The

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