Do you know how much it costs to go to space? Tourism trips promoted by the richest men in the world are already underway but the truth is that only a few can afford them.
The race to conquer the tourism market has 3 new and powerful contenders. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, is the richest man in the world and along with him, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Richard Branson, CEO of the Virgin company, are the tycoons who have taken the lead in the conquest of space .
This fight of the billionaires to advance in taking people to space is quite expensive and all of them have had to create their own companies to do research on this type of trip, obviously, with the support of NASA and the different companies aerospace that exist in the world.
How much does it cost to go to space? Tourist trips are very expensive
Two of the three tycoons have already had their first trip to space. Richard Branson was the first to reach the limit that connects the earth with outer space (about 84 kilometers). With his Virgin Galactic project, he flew in a rocket plane called Unity for about 90 minutes above the planet.
Bezos, managed to ascend a little more to space; He reached almost 114 kilometers high aboard his Blue Origin capsule and experienced for about 90 minutes the sensation of weightlessness that astronauts have.
Now, details are beginning to be known about how much space trips will cost for tourists and the first to start offering tickets to live this out-of-the-world experience is Richard Branson. The tycoon has already offered the first 600 trips to space and we must tell you that its price is 250,000 dollars per person (about 967 million Colombian pesos).
The package includes a flight of approximately 90 minutes, in which passengers will be able to enjoy a partial view of the Earth and the space sky, as well as being able to float in weightlessness inside the cabin for at least five minutes.
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