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Spend a small amount of money to go to space? You may think that I am talking about the operation of sending names into space: in many online stores, you can get the right to name a star in the universe by paying a few hundred yuan, and the store will even give it to you in a serious way. Mail several exquisitely crafted "certificates".
But in fact, these are just tricks by merchants. If you really want to name a star, you must first write a detailed naming proposal and submit it to the Small Celestial Object Naming Committee under the International Astronomical Union. The proposal must be unanimously approved by the committee before your name can be used on the star. .
So, instead of spending hundreds of dollars to buy a fake certificate, it’s better to save some money and take a look at these space travel projects. Wouldn’t it be nice to see the stars with your own eyes?
Kuangwan has listed 8 feasible space travel plans here in order of cost from high to low. The minimum consumption is even less than 20,000 yuan. You can pick it up as needed~
International Space Station 10 Day Tour
Axiom Space is an American company Private space service companies, based on commercial space stations, are committed to providing human beings with space flight, space exploration and other services.
The company plans to add a new commercial cabin segment to the International Space Station in the second half of this year, which will be used to carry out a full 10-day space trip, including 2 days of round-trip and 8 days on the space station.
Visitors can personally experience the weightless space life of the space station astronauts in this newly added section, and enjoy the beautiful day and night with them in this lighthouse farthest from the earth.
This trip is planned for a group of 4 people, including a professional private astronaut and three tourists. Before departure, Axiom Space will provide tourists with up to 15 weeks of training courses, such as physical fitness, wilderness survival and other training.
The total cost of the trip is 380 million yuan per person. Not bad, just 4 small goals.
Currently one person in the 4-person group has joined the group, and there are two places left. Friends who want to go should hurry up and buy tickets~
5 days and 4 nights flying around the earth
Silicon Valley Iron Man Elon Musk days ago Announced a cooperation with Space Adventure, a space company, and plans to use a Falcon 9 rocket to launch a Dragon spacecraft carrying four passengers into space for a trip from the end of 2021 to mid-2022.
The International Space Station is approximately 319.6 kilometers to 346.9 kilometers from the ground, and the Dragon spacecraft's route this time is more than three times higher than it.
is expected to complete a five-day and four-night around-the-world flight in an ultra-high altitude Earth orbit of about 10,000 kilometers. The biggest feature of
is that tourists can fully appreciate the 360° stunning beauty of the earth from high altitude, and see it all at once.
The package worth 364 million yuan includes round-trip air tickets, accommodation, and three meals, but does not include the spacesuit because the spacesuit is given free of charge.
Luxury hotel 12-day immersive space tour
Also cooperating with the International Space Station is an American space commercial company called Orion Span.
They plan to open Aurora Station, the most luxurious (in terms of price) space hotel in history, in 2022.
In addition to two hotel service personnel, up to four tourists can stay at a time. In a 12-day space life worth more than 62 million yuan, it is equivalent to closing and opening your eyes, and more than 5 million yuan is gone.
Hotel features, in addition to experience projects related to the International Space Station, also focus on the beautiful earth scenery.Since the hotel can circle the earth every 90 minutes, you can enjoy 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets in 24 hours. With high-speed Wi-Fi, it is no problem to post an X on Moments.
Unfortunately, this project has been canceled due to some reasons, and the deposit of approximately 500,000 yuan per reservation tourist collected previously will be fully refunded.
Early Bird Early Bird Weightlessness Experience
Blue Origin, a commercial space company founded by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, the world's largest online bookstore, will also use its own New Shepard rocket to take tourists into space. .
Why is it said to be an early bird trial?
The flight altitude of this project is not high, only about 103 kilometers. The experience time is also very short, so the main focus is to experience the feeling of weightlessness. I wonder if the weightless experience of just a few minutes can meet the expectations of tourists?
Bezos's vision of the O'Neill Cylinder, the new home of mankind in space
Since the experience has shrunk, the cost of this space trip has suddenly become much lower than the previous ones, only 1.75 to 2.1 million yuan.
Virgin 5-day one-stop space experience
Also focusing on the weightless experience is Virgin Galactic, an aerospace company founded by the founder of Virgin Atlantic.
But of course it is not for tourists to experience weightlessness for 5 consecutive days, but a step-by-step one-stop attentive service:
In the early stage, students will learn space theoretical knowledge and conduct some physical adaptability training. Then visit the Virgin Galactic launch center.
The last day is the highlight of wearing a Virgin spacesuit to experience weightlessness.
The situation inside the cabin of this experience project indicates that the cost of
is not much different from that of the Blue Origin project, about 1.75 million yuan, so save up if you don’t eat or drink.
5 hours Helium balloon Comprehensive viewing tour
A space company from Spain, EOS-X Space, plans to take 10,000 tourists to experience space travel within 10 years from this year.
Everyone is flying 4 by 4, how dare you say such a big number?
Probably because this company has adopted a new way to enter space-space balloons.
Visitors participating in the event will come to the training center to undergo a series of training two or three days before takeoff, and put on special EOS-X space suits and enter the space capsule early in the morning on the day of takeoff.
The huge helium balloon will take two hours to bring the space capsule to an altitude of 40 kilometers above the ground and then cruise for about two hours, which is much higher than the 10 kilometers that an airplane flies.
Finally, it takes an hour to slowly descend to the designated location. Professionals will come to pick up the tourists and recover the balloons.
Tourists can experience the beauty of the earth at different times during these 5 hours. The current cost is about 1.19 million yuan.
Neptune 6-hour comfortable tour
There is more than one company that specializes in ultra-high altitude hot air balloons. The company called Space Perspective is also committed to using balloons to send humans into space for viewing.
This hot air balloon will fly to an altitude of 18 kilometers, and the eight passengers in the cabin can enjoy the beautiful curves of the earth and the vast black space.
In addition, it is said that the space capsule will also be equipped with bars and other entertainment facilities. By then, eating hot pot and singing while looking at the universe will no longer be a dream. The project currently costs about 870,000 yuan.
8 "Space permanent residence certificate" application
There is a company in the world called Elysium Space, and they have very in-depth cooperation with Musk's SpaceX. At present, no less than a hundred people have taken advantage of SpaceX rockets to live permanently in space for only about 17,500 yuan.
Don’t rush to ask how to sign up for Kuangwan. You taste it. You taste the company name carefully... This project actually has another name - space burial.
The ashes of the deceased will be placed in the cube satellite container called CubeSat with a side length of about 10 centimeters as shown above, and will orbit the earth in a vacuum about 550 kilometers away from the earth for five years.
Relatives and friends can also check the location of their loved ones in real time through the mobile app: their family members during their lifetime turned into a satellite to watch over them. Isn’t it quite special to think about it?
As for the price, it is also acceptable. When the time comes, Kuangwan will strive to experience it for himself. All veterans are welcome to join the group!
