As billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went on suborbital space flights with their respective companies recently, space tourism has become the buzzword all of a sudden. I foresee colonisation of other planets and initiatives such as space tourism are just means to that end. To be fair, not many believed it was possible when I joined the space tourism project in 2007. Also Read | Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own shipWhat is the cost of the trip for you? The training was mostly to gauge whether we could withstand certain conditions the body would experience during the space trip.

Source: Indian Express August 10, 2021 09:48 UTC