Published on : Wednesday, June 20, 2018
With an inside area of over 10 square meters, the spacecraft has the capacity to carry 20 travelers to an altitude of over 100 kilometers, about 10 times the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner.
For over 10 minutes, the passengers can stay there, sightseeing during the half-hour flight, according to the academy. They will be able to see distant stars and the contours of the earth through the windows, witnessing moments of weightlessness like astronauts, and perhaps even carry out scientific experiments.
Zhao Jianbo, an engineer in charge of the program, explained that participants would require undergoing training sessions for several weeks at Chinese space establishments to get ready for the effects of gravitational acceleration and weightlessness.
“They will not need to wear spacesuits during the journey because there will be oxygen and life-support instruments inside the spacecraft,” he said.
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