Japan travel agency to offer trips to space

[paul]

The accommodation will be spartan and the food unpalatable, but stunning views are guaranteed on Japan’s most expensive package tour.

Japan’s biggest travel agency will charge 2.2 billion yen ($US20 million) a head for a week-long tour to the International Space Station (ISS), travelling on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Kyodo news agency said.

JTB will offer the tours from October in a tie-up with Space Adventures of the United States, which has already sent two tourists into space, Kyodo said.

Would-be astronauts will be required to undergo six to eight months of preflight training.

Other itineraries in the pipeline include a trip around the moon for 11 billion yen and a zero gravity tour, which will take participants to an altitude of 100 kilometres for a relatively inexpensive 11 million yen.

Paul
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[angelro]

Sign me in! I want to go,just joking. Seriously now,although I think it`s an amazing experience the price is just too big..How many people can afford a trip like this ?