Chapter 1,735 One million for a commercial space tourism trip
one million?
Upon hearing this number, everyone present was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and then shook their heads.
How do you say this price? It’s cheap. It’s really cheap. Nowadays, a trip to space costs tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions of dollars. When converted, it’s hundreds of millions. But now, Wu Hao directly said that they want
Reducing the cost of a single-person space trip to about one million dollars, converted into U.S. dollars, it is only about 100,000 U.S. dollars. This is much better than the Kármán line, which lasts for more than ten minutes and is a short pseudo-space trip made by several companies in Laos.
The cost is even lower.
Of course, this may be related to exchange rate costs, but more importantly, it comes from Wu Hao's full confidence and cost control in reusable aerospace technology.
Such a price can certainly satisfy many people's dream of a space trip. After all, for many people, spending one million for a space trip is not much. There are also many such middle-class groups in China, so this ship
A huge potential market.
However, the reason why everyone shakes their heads is that the cost of one million is probably an obstacle that prohibits most people. After all, for many people, their entire net worth does not even have one million. Even if they do, no one can
You might just ignore it and spend all your money on a space trip for a few days, and then become a pauper.
For most people, there seems to be essentially no big difference between a one-million-dollar space flight ticket and a space flight ticket worth tens of millions of dollars. They can't afford it anyway.
The only difference may make many people feel more uncomfortable, regretful, and even painful. After all, for these eager people, although their dreams are closer to them, they are still out of reach.
Of course, everyone present also knows that the price has probably hit the bottom and there is no room for decline. Although it has still wiped out a large number of people's dream of flying, there are still many people who can have the opportunity to take a space trip.
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The price is not expensive, but I’m afraid many people can’t afford it. Just say me, if you want to realize it, I’m afraid the little salary you have saved will have to go into it. An expert said with a wry smile.
Another expert continued his words and said with a smile: "You just jumped in. You have studied the universe and spaceflight all your life. If you have never been to space, it would be a pity. What a pity."
Yes, if there really is such an opportunity, one million is one million. If I am willing, even if it is just for a day, let me experience what it is like to be weightless and let me look at the earth through the hanging window. In addition, it would be great.
One expert lamented.
Money is no problem, I still have some money, but I don’t know how old we are, so we can’t wait to get it. An old expert with some gray hair said with a sigh.
After hearing the expert's words, everyone immediately looked at Wu Hao.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Wu Hao smiled and replied: "You are in good health, there must be no problem.
We initially plan to complete the first commercial manned mission within two years and send three passengers to space for three days. Within five years, we will establish a complete space tourism industry chain and provide periodic space tourism projects. The initial plan is to send 60 passengers to space every year.
to send eighty passengers into space.
To reduce the price of space tourism to about one million yuan within ten years, of course, this is a goal, and whether it can be achieved is still uncertain. After all, we don’t know what the future price costs will be.”
Ten years, I don’t know if I can live to ten years. The gray-haired expert smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Another expert next to him patted his arm and said with a smile: "Okay, don't sigh. Do we old guys really have the conditions to go to space? Let's not talk about other things.
Can our current physical condition be able to withstand the 56 G overload when the rocket ascends, and the impact when it lands?"
The words of this expert undoubtedly poured cold water on everyone's head. Indeed, with their age and physical fitness, can they really bear it? Everyone asked themselves in their hearts, and then shook their heads one after another, dreaming
Then it became shattered.
Seeing the gloomy expressions on the faces of the experts and leaders, Wu Hao glanced helplessly at the expert who spoke, then smiled and high-fived: "Haha, in fact, we have also taken this issue into consideration. In the future
If you want to engage in commercial space tourism projects, you will have to deal with ordinary people, and their physical fitness in all aspects will definitely not be as good as that of trained astronauts.
Moreover, these tourists may not have that much time and experience to carry out professional training for several months or even half a year.
Therefore, this requires that our manned spacecraft must be comfortable enough, only in this way can it meet the needs of passengers.
How to make the riding experience more comfortable? First of all, the overload must be small. Only in this way can more people accept it. In addition, all aspects including vibration, buffering, sound insulation, and safety must be perfect. Only in this way,
Only then can we attract more tourists.”
Oh, according to what you said, hope has been rekindled in our hearts. An expert who is familiar with Wu Hao laughed and said, which also changed the atmosphere in the hall.
If we send these passengers directly into space without basic training, the risk is too high. If we encounter any problems, we will really be in a hurry. Some experts warned.
Wu Hao smiled and replied: "Actually, it is not that there is no training at all. Passengers who want to go to space must still receive some training, but this training must be some basic training and cannot be as detailed as that of astronauts.
Therefore, we compressed the cycle to one month, and conducted a series of relevant training and knowledge and skills training within one month before launch to deal with possible emergencies.
Of course, under normal circumstances, we are equipped with professional astronauts to accompany each such spacecraft. In most cases, these professional astronauts are responsible for all problems. Unless these astronauts are disabled
, there is a chance of this, but the possibility is slim, very small.”
I heard that you are planning to build a commercial space station for this space tourism project? Zou Huanyi asked Wu Hao at this time.
Yes, we plan to build an international commercial space station. In addition to accepting some commercial scientific research missions, we will also accept some passengers to stay on this international commercial space station for a short period of time.
In fact, many companies have put forward their own ideas for such a commercial space station, and many companies have begun to implement it. We plan to use two to three years to build such a commercial space station.
