Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) “Energy” expects to deliver the first tourists to the Moon on a modernized ship series “Soyuz”. On Friday, August 19, the newspaper “Izvestia».
According to the general director of the publication “Energy” Vladimir Solntsev, the company intends to modernize the “Union”, originally designed for lunar mission. Modified spacecraft will be able to fly around the Earth’s natural satellite with tourists on board.
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According to Solntsev now RKK considering candidacy eight people wishing to go to the moon. Among them -. American director James Cameron, as well as the Japanese family
The company Space Adventures (SA), sending tourists to the International Space Station (ISS), started to look for tourists to fly around the Moon on the “Union” is still in 2010. A source close to the SA, said “News” that the cost of a single ticket is now decreased to $ 120 million
«SA informs potential customers that the first flight around the Moon with the tourists can take place until 2020″. – He said the source of the newspaper.
The head of the Russian representative Sergei Kostenko SA confirmed that the interest of tourists to this service is. But he declined to name specific customers and their numbers.
In June, the head of the corporation “Roscosmos” Igor Komarov said that the cost of orbital flight for a tourist could reach 30 to 40 million dollars. The official added that there is a list of wealthy people who want to go in this trip.
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