World’s first spaceship tourist plane to be ready by 2022
Times of IndiaTIMESOFINDIA.COM/TRAVEL NEWS, WORLD/ Created : Mar 1, 2021, 10:00 IST
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic may usher space tourists on a 90-minute trip to the space if all goes as planned. The company recently released a virtual tour of its VSS Unity's passenger cabin that was designed for space travel … Read more
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic may usher space tourists on a 90-minute trip to the space if all goes as planned. The company recently released a virtual tour of its VSS Unity's passenger cabin that was designed for space travel. Read less
What makes it special?
No smartphones
Apparently, the spaceship won’t allow smartphones as they might hurt a passenger due to their tendency to float in the absence of gravitational force. George Whitesides, Virgin Galactic's Chief Space Officer, told a leading news daily that to compensate for smartphones with cameras, 16 cameras are fitted around the cabin to take photos of the passengers with the earth in the background; two more cameras will record videos.
An exciting trip ahead
Reportedly, 60 people have signed up for the space trip at a cost of $250,000 per ticket. The spacecraft will leave from Virgin Galactic's spaceport in New Mexico. However, the space trip has been delayed to early 2020 as reported lately.
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