ISRO Plans To Launch Space Tourism By 2030 As It Sets Course For The Stars

We have all been captivated by the concept of space and celestial bodies since we were little. Although many of us may have had aspirations of becoming astronauts as children, reality had other plans for us. For all of you, there may soon be a means to realize your dreams. No, you most likely won’t be an astronaut anymore; instead, you’ll be an ISRO space tourist, participating in the organization’s space tourism module. But you’ll still have to wait another seven years.

According to ISRO, the country of India would be the first to implement a safe and reusable space tourism paradigm by 2030. ISRO chairman S. Somnath reportedly said that the module would cost Rs. 6 crore for each space tourist in a Hindustan Times article. and that program participants have the right to use the title “astronaut.”

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Senior ISRO officials claim that progress on the government’s space tourism module is accelerating. They said that the tickets will be sold at “competitive prices” on the global market.

It is anticipated that the module would include sub-orbital space flight. The major distinction between suborbital and orbital space travel is a spacecraft’s speed. A suborbital rocket travels at a speed lower than orbital velocity, while an orbital spacecraft must attain orbital velocity. Typically, sub-orbital missions spend 15 minutes at the edge of the universe before returning to Earth for a short time of low gravity.

The Rajya Sabha was told in February of this year by Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, and Space, that ISRO has already begun conducting feasibility studies for the space tourism mission.

Following the recent accomplishment of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, the Indian public has reacted jokingly to the news, while some skeptics have expressed worries about the viability and safety of such missions. One online user even brought up Oceangate’s Titan submersible’s deadly undersea explosion earlier this year to highlight how dangerous tourist missions into undiscovered terrain might be.