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Don’t think the Chinese will shy away from a space tourism adventure — and if they can don Prada space suits while they’re at it, you can bet they’re all in!
Last week, Chinese rocket startup Deep Blue Aerospace pre-sold two tickets for its 2027 commercial suborbital flight on Alibaba-owned shopping platform Taobao. Three million people tuned in for the live broadcast.
Deep Blue originally priced the tickets at CNY 1.5 million ($210,700) per passenger for a 12-minute suborbital flight. However, the company sold the tickets at a discounted rate of CNY 1 million ($140,000) during the livestream.
During the journey the spacecraft will fly to an altitude of 100 kilometers but will not enter orbit.
According to reports in Chinese media, the two tickets were sold quickly as buyers paid an initial deposit of CNY 500,000 ($70,000) per ticket.
Thought space tourism