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The company Orbite aims to launch a distinctive array of programs designed to equip individuals with the skills required for space travel.
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Guests will reside in high-end lodgings at one of the five planned hostels
Visits to the distant frontiers of space are on the verge of becoming progressively easier to access.
Acknowledging this new frontier, one company is poised to unveil holiday campuses globally, offering training facilities for individuals embarking on their maiden interplanetary travels.
The company plans to offer a unique selection of programmes to prepare guests for commercial space travel, including submarine expeditions and space cooking lessons.
The locations in the United States will each provide a distinct space-themed training experience. All of the camps will be fully operational later this year.
A once-in-a-lifetime eight-day expedition to Antarctica’s South Pole starts at $215,000/£173,000 per person, providing travelers with a once-in-a-lifetime experience that includes a glacier hike and other outdoor adventures amidst the challenging conditions, with the continent’s remote and extreme environment cited as an ideal analogue for simulating life in space.
‘and the camp promises an experience that’s almost like being ‘off this earth without actually going to another planet.’
a high-end vacation resort.
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Guests who book onto the Astronaut Orientation course, priced from $29,500/£23,768, will participate in immersive virtual reality spacecraft simulations and test a ‘microgravity’ aircraft to experience weightlessness.
At the end of the four-night experience, participants will enter a spacecraft cabin and ‘experience genuine acceleration forces firsthand’.
Training for space travel is overseen by Orbite’s Chief Astronaut Instructor, Brienna Rommes, who has successfully trained over 750 astronauts from the commercial sector for their space journeys.
To participate in these programs, people need to be in good physical health. The trips are still structured to resemble a leisure vacation.
Orbite tells MailOnline: “Space Experiences represent luxury travel vacations that blend aspects of space education and experiential learning to create an entertaining and engaging introduction to the next frontier of space travel.”
‘At the same time, our more comprehensive Astronaut Training programs are designed to provide a luxurious and relaxing experience, making every customer feel like they are on a “holiday” at our five-star resort.’
Does Orbite believe space tourism has the potential to become widely accepted?
The founders, Jason Andrews and Nicholas Gaume, certainly agree.
They inform MailOnline: ‘We are at the very beginning of the industry. As commercial space infrastructure develops further, like SpaceX’s Starship, the price and frequency of human space travel will improve, allowing increasing numbers of people to experience space at lower overall cost points.’
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