By India Today Information Desk: Space tourism program is like a dream. ISRO has confirmed that this will become a reality in the near future. The rich will be able to wear space suits, board rocket powered modules and travel in space by 2030.
“Work is in progress around India’s own tourism space module, which is safe and reusable”, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman S Somnath said.
It is expected to be included in the sub-orbital space travel module. The primary difference between sub-orbital and orbital space travel is the speed of a spacecraft. A suborbital rocket travels at a speed below orbital velocity, whereas an orbital spacecraft must reach orbital velocity.
Sub-orbital flights typically last 15 minutes at the edge of space, followed by a brief period in low gravity before passing through the bottom to return to Earth.
Space tourism program by ISRO: How much will it cost?
The average ticket price will probably be around Rs 6 crore. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha in February this year, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Atomic Energy and Space (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh said that ISRO has already started studying the feasibility of sub-orbital space in India. Tourism Mission.
