An Indian firm is planning to ferry tourists near space in a spaceship attached to a unique high-altitude balloon system by 2025.
Inspired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the Mumbai-based Space Aura Aerospace Technology Pvt Ltd company has begun to build a space capsule measuring 10 feet x 8 feet, which can carry six tourists besides the pilot into space at a time.
Equipped with all modern facilities, life-saving and information systems, the space capsule will be propelled by a balloon filled with helium or hydrogen gas up to 30 to 35 km above sea level, where space tourists can witness the Earth’s curvature and the blackness of space for around 1 hour.
Helium One Global Ltd (LON:HE1) was founded in September 2015. The Company’s focus is to explore, develop, and ultimately, become a producer of high-grade helium for the international market, a critical material essential in modern technologies.