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Chinese Company Offers Six-Day Space Trip for Rs 6.5 Crore
A Chinese travel company is offering people a very expensive trip near space.
The package costs about Rs 6.5 crore.
The whole experience lasts six days, but most of that time is spent preparing on Earth.
Travellers will receive training, safety briefings and health checks.
The spaceflight itself would last about 90 minutes.
During the flight, passengers may float briefly because of weightlessness.
They would also see Earth through 17 special windows.
This is a suborbital flight, so the spacecraft would not travel all the way around Earth.
The company has not yet announced the departure dates or all the package rules.
Trip.com and Virgin Galactic are offering a six-day luxury space-travel package.
The package costs approximately Rs 6.5 crore per traveller.
The actual suborbital flight would last about 90 minutes, not six days.
Passengers could experience brief weightlessness and views of Earth through 17 cabin windows.
The itinerary begins at Spaceport America with four days of training, while departure dates and other terms remain unavailable.
- Who
- Trip.com, also known as Ctrip in mainland China, in collaboration with Virgin Galactic.
- What
- A six-day luxury suborbital space-tourism package costing approximately Rs 6.5 crore.
- Where
- The itinerary begins at Spaceport America in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- When
- The experience has recently been listed, but no departure dates have been announced.
- Why
- The package is designed to offer preparation, training and a brief spaceflight experience for luxury travellers.
Key facts
- Price
- Approximately Rs 6.5 crore
- Package duration
- Six days
- Flight duration
- Approximately 90 minutes
- Flight type
- Suborbital space tourism
- Training location
- Spaceport America, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Weightlessness
- Passengers may briefly experience weightlessness
- Cabin windows
- 17 custom windows
- Unannounced details
- Departure dates, package inclusions, insurance coverage and refund terms
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