The future of space tourism - Fun is only for super rich people

The world is entering a cosmic revolution, in which many technology entrepreneurs are committed to conquering space. However, can ordinary people have a chance to fly into space?

According to CNN, some billionaires think that the number of people who can fly into space will be much higher than the current 537. This is the number of people who flew into space according to statistics expert Jonathan McDowell.

Space tourism is still a distant dream for people who are not rich.(Photo: Independent).

Billionaires have pledged that more and more ordinary people will experience it for a long time only for highly trained astronauts.

However, CNN thinks that for a very long time, space tourism will probably still be super expensive for anyone who is not in the 1% richest group in the world.

Once on the International Space Station (ISS) cost tens of millions of dollars. An organization called Space Adventure offers the opportunity for wealthy individuals to fly to ISS with Russian missiles. To date, 7 people have taken this journey.

Most recently, billionaire Guy Laliberty, owner of Cirque Du Soleil entertainment company, spent $ 35 million to stay in the universe for 2 weeks.

Mr. Richard Branson (left), Elon Musk (right) and Jeff Bezos.(Photo: Independent).

Earlier this year, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) announced it would open the US area on ISS for private astronauts. The cost for a space flight to the universe is 52 million USD.

SpaceX is also planning to bring a Japanese billionaire to carry out a mission related to the Moon in the next decade. The cost has not been disclosed.

The company has the cheapest space travel price, Virgin Galactic, founded by Richard Branson . The company intends to offer a 90-minute flight into the atmospheric floor at a cost of $ 200,000 to $ 250,000 per person. With this money, people can buy an average home in the US.

Customers of Virgin Galactic company will board a 6-seat space plane named SpaceShipTwo . The aircraft 'parked' under the wing of a mother ship and will take them to a height of more than 12,000 meters.

After that, the rocket-mounted aircraft will split and use its engine to take passengers up to a height of over 80km above the ground. This is the height that the US Government considers the beginning of space.

Virgin Galactic said its current customers are all rich. Most of the 600 people registered on the universe have net assets worth from $ 10 million. One-third of them have assets of over $ 20 million.

Branson pledged to cut fares into space after Virgin Galactic made up for the expensive costs of researching and developing flights. However, he did not say how much the price would fall.

Some analysts believe that space travel flights will be less expensive than today. The cost of most technology, from commercial airplanes to TVs, is drastically reduced over time.

"The current price is high, but it will go down," said Ann Kim, director of technology management at Silicon Valley Bank .

Mr. Richard Branson introduced the 6-seater SpaceShipTwo.(Photo: Metro).

However, according to Virgin Galactic's calculations, people are willing to spend up to 1.5% of net assets to be free to do as they please. That means if Virgin Galactic has reduced the fare by 90%, the target customers will still be those with assets between 1 and 2 million USD.

Vacationing in space may still be out of reach for most of us in the near future, but many people claim that someday humans will move in the Solar System to work on another planet.

Today, the most ambitious cosmic people are three billionaires: Branson of the Virgin Galactic, SpaceX's Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.

These three people have attracted many fans who want to enter the universe as well as critics who care about the future of space travel. They are interested in how the industry will have a future if developed by the richest people in the world.

Ceridwen Dovey, a New Yorker writer, wrote in an article: 'The big boys are wise to exploit our respect for astronauts and the ideals that the universe represents. They seem to think that we will be amazed at whatever they do in the universe, so we will ignore the fact that their motives are not completely pure and how they bring us to the universe. Unusual'.

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