Predicting Space Tourism Demand Using Explainable AI

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03113v2
• Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:40:34 GMT
• Title: Predicting Space Tourism Demand Using Explainable AI
• Authors: Tan-Hanh Pham, Jingchen Bi, Rodrigo Mesa-Arango, Kim-Doang Nguyen,
• Abstract summary: We propose an explainable and trustworthy artificial intelligence framework to address the challenge of predicting space tourism demand.<n>We develop a novel machine learning network, called SpaceNet, capable of learning wide-range dependencies in data.<n>Our investigation demonstrated that travel price, age, annual income, gender, and fatality probability are important features in deciding whether a person wants to travel or not.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Comprehensive forecasts of space tourism demand are crucial for businesses to optimize strategies and customer experiences in this burgeoning industry. Traditional methods struggle to capture the complex factors influencing an individual's decision to travel to space. In this paper, we propose an explainable and trustworthy artificial intelligence framework to address the challenge of predicting space tourism demand by following the National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines. We develop a novel machine learning network, called SpaceNet, capable of learning wide-range dependencies in data and allowing us to analyze the relationships between various factors such as age, income, and risk tolerance. We investigate space travel demand in the US, categorizing it into four types: no travel, moon travel, suborbital, and orbital travel. To this end, we collected 1860 data points in many states and cities with different ages and then conducted our experiment with the data. From our experiments, the SpaceNet achieves an average ROC-AUC of 0.82 $\pm$ 0.088, indicating strong classification performance. Our investigation demonstrated that travel price, age, annual income, gender, and fatality probability are important features in deciding whether a person wants to travel or not. Beyond demand forecasting, we use explainable AI to provide interpretation for the travel-type decisions of an individual, offering insights into the factors driving interest in space travel, which is not possible with traditional classification methods. This knowledge enables businesses to tailor marketing strategies and optimize service offerings in this rapidly evolving market. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to implement an explainable and interpretable AI framework for investigating the factors influencing space tourism.

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