BEIJING, Oct 24 (AFP): A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027.
The tickets sold by firm Deep Blue Aerospace cost 1.5 million yuan ($211,000) and are for seats on a suborbital flight in which passengers will experience five minutes of zero gravity.
They go on sale at 6:00 pm local time (1000 GMT) Thursday during a livestream shopping event hosted by the company's founder Huo Liang, Deep Blue announced via their WeChat account this week.
Customers must pay a 50,000 yuan deposit to secure the tickets.
Deep Blue Aerospace is a leader in China's burgeoning commercial space sector, which Beijing is hoping will catch up to rivals such as Elon Musk's SpaceX.
China made 26 commercial launches in 2023, according to state media, including LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket, the world's first methane-fuelled rocket.
Deep Blue Aerospace said it plans to develop reusable rocket technology to reduce costs.
Chinese company to sell tickets for space tourism flights in 2027
FE Team | Published: October 25, 2024 00:04:37
Chinese company to sell tickets for space tourism flights in 2027
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