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CosmoCurs Company was lucky to become the first Russian private space tourism firm. The other day she received from the state corporation “Roskosmos” permission to create reusable system designed to launch people beyond of our planet. Pavel told Russian journalists about this. Pushkin, CEO of CosmoCourse.
According to the entrepreneur, a few days ago with Roscosmos The terms of reference for the construction of the complex for launching spacecraft with tourists. Terms of Reference agreed in Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering in The Queen. Igor Komarov, who is currently the head of the Roscosmos, not only approved the project, but also expressed undisguised enthusiasm in helping him.
The modern complex, which CosmoCurs has already begun to build, will consist of a suborbital spacecraft and suborbital launch vehicle. Both the ship and the rocket will reusable – new Russian tests have shown that much it is more expedient to build launch vehicles that after each startup enough to repair. Flights will be operated on a height of up to two hundred kilometers, which is considered to be real space, and not near space.
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Each flight will involve six tourists who fly into space, end up in zero gravity and experience non-hazardous overloads. It should be noted that for such flights really don’t need perfect health – just average indicators or even slightly lower. Another thing is to live in orbit for months what astronauts at the International space station.
It is reported that the first such tour will take place in four of the year. The estimated cost of the service for one person is from two hundred thousand to a quarter of a million dollars. All the difficulties risks and costs obviously make such a service a privilege exclusively rich.
It is noteworthy that in the United States a similar amount is requested for a suborbital flight (not more than one hundred kilometers high), which does not apply to real space. So there is every chance that CosmoCourse will compete with American space travel agencies, and foreigners will begin to travel to Russia Federation to fly from here to space for less than in USA.
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