Russia still has no rival in space tourism

More and more private companies in Western countries are inviting tourists to become astronauts and present in Earth orbit, but in fact Russia still occupies the number one position in the field of tourism. Space. This is a review of experts in the tourism industry that was born not long ago but with this development prospect.

According to Voice of Russia, the space tourism industry was initiated with the flight of Japanese journalist Toyohiro Akiyama in the early 90s of the last century, when he took part in Lien's Peace Station (Mir). The former Soviet Union.

However, the cost of the flight was covered by the TV company he worked on, as a special business trip rather than a free excursion.

The true pioneer of space tourism is American businessman Dennis Tito. He spent his own money to visit the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2001. Since then, there are 6 more people using the service of flying to the space of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Prominent is the American billionaire Charles Simoni has completed a trip to charge space twice.

Compared to the actual space flight originally charged to space, the current price to satisfy this unique desire has increased significantly. If Dennis Tito had previously paid for a space trip of $ 20 million, then to get up to visit the ISS Station in 2009, billionaire Guy Laliberte, a Canadian, spent $ 35 million.

But there are still more and more private companies proposing a trip to Earth orbit at a price that is always lower than what Roskosmos requires, even a few hundred thousand dollars.

However, Academician Alexander Zhelezhyakov confirmed that flights provided by private companies were not like flights into space like Russia. It was only low-altitude flights in orbit, in fact just a jump into space, those present on the airship's cabin would be in weightless state for about 5-8 minutes. Thus Roscosmos is still the only facility that can provide true orbit flights.