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After the countdown of Elon Musk’s Inspiration-4 began, the space travel so far has once again come into the limelight. Also, there are speculations about the expenditure on them.
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Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is sending the first all-civilian crew to space on 15 September. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin have also entered the space race. Now the question arises that what is the difference between the space missions of these three billionaires of the world? Which of the three is better and why? If you have all such questions in your mind, then this special report has been specially prepared for you.
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk started preparing for the space mission some time ago. Branson flew to space on July 11, 2021, while nine days later, on July 20, Bezos opened new avenues for his journey through his rocket Blue Origin. Now Elon Musk is sending the first all civilian crew (any astronaut) on a space walk on 15 September. The move by these three billionaires has raised hopes of ushering in a new era of commercial space travel.
After the countdown of Elon Musk’s Inspiration-4 began, the space travel so far has once again come into the limelight. Also, there are speculations about the expenditure on them. The important thing is that all the three billionaires have not given any clear information about the expenditure on these flights so far. However, Virgin Galactic has sold 600 tickets for space travel so far. In this, an estimated cost of two to 2.5 lakh dollars i.e. Rs 1.84 crore has been estimated for a single ticket. The company expects to start full commercial service in 2022. By then the ticket price is estimated to reach around $40,000. Whereas to travel in Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, a person will have to spend at least Rs 209 crore. At the same time, no information has been received about the expenditure on Elon Musk’s Inspiration-4. However, Musk has said that SpaceX will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa around the Moon with its upcoming Starship rocket in 2023.
Bresnan’s Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo system flew to an altitude of 90-100 km from a large carrier aircraft called VMS Eve before detaching its VSS Unity spaceplane. Unity and Imagine are two-pilot and six-passenger planes. At the same time, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket-and-capsule combo goes into suborbital space before separating. The rocket section returns to the launchpad and the capsule drops back to Earth under a parachute. In this, a total of six passengers can travel at a time. Apart from these, the Starship Falcon-9 rocket of Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is 394 feet high, which is used to reach space. It can carry seven people into space.
Let us tell you that Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic took off, starting private space tourism, but both of these spacecraft went to the Age of Space. At the same time, Musk’s spacecraft will orbit the Earth’s orbit. This rocket will go about 475 km more than both the earlier spacecraft. It is worth noting that the International Space Station is 410 km away and SpaceX’s spacecraft will go further than that i.e. 540 km away from Earth. The missions of Blue Origin and Virgin Space Ship were only a few minutes. They went to space and returned to Earth a few minutes later, but Musk’s Inspiration-4 mission is three days long. There will be two trained pilots in this spacecraft, but they will not have any contribution in operating the spacecraft. At the same time, Virgin Galactic was operated by two pilots, while no pilot was needed in Blue Origin.
According to the information, the launch date of Inspiration-4 has been fixed as September 15, but its time has not been decided yet. With the help of this Falcon-9 rocket, this spacecraft will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the people going in it will spend three days in space.
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Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is sending the first all-civilian crew to space on 15 September. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin have also entered the space race. Now the question arises that what is the difference between the space missions of these three billionaires of the world? Which of the three is better and why? If you have all such questions in your mind, then this special report has been specially prepared for you.
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When did he fly to space?
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk started preparing for the space mission some time ago. Branson flew to space on July 11, 2021, while nine days later, on July 20, Bezos opened new avenues for his journey through his rocket Blue Origin. Now Elon Musk is sending the first all civilian crew (any astronaut) on a space walk on 15 September. The move by these three billionaires has raised hopes of ushering in a new era of commercial space travel.
What is the cost of space flight of three
After the countdown of Elon Musk’s Inspiration-4 began, the space travel so far has once again come into the limelight. Also, there are speculations about the expenditure on them. The important thing is that all the three billionaires have not given any clear information about the expenditure on these flights so far. However, Virgin Galactic has sold 600 tickets for space travel so far. In this, an estimated cost of two to 2.5 lakh dollars i.e. Rs 1.84 crore has been estimated for a single ticket. The company expects to start full commercial service in 2022. By then the ticket price is estimated to reach around $40,000. Whereas to travel in Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, a person will have to spend at least Rs 209 crore. At the same time, no information has been received about the expenditure on Elon Musk’s Inspiration-4. However, Musk has said that SpaceX will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa around the Moon with its upcoming Starship rocket in 2023.
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Bresnan’s Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo system flew to an altitude of 90-100 km from a large carrier aircraft called VMS Eve before detaching its VSS Unity spaceplane. Unity and Imagine are two-pilot and six-passenger planes. At the same time, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket-and-capsule combo goes into suborbital space before separating. The rocket section returns to the launchpad and the capsule drops back to Earth under a parachute. In this, a total of six passengers can travel at a time. Apart from these, the Starship Falcon-9 rocket of Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is 394 feet high, which is used to reach space. It can carry seven people into space.
How long is the journey in space?
Let us tell you that Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic took off, starting private space tourism, but both of these spacecraft went to the Age of Space. At the same time, Musk’s spacecraft will orbit the Earth’s orbit. This rocket will go about 475 km more than both the earlier spacecraft. It is worth noting that the International Space Station is 410 km away and SpaceX’s spacecraft will go further than that i.e. 540 km away from Earth. The missions of Blue Origin and Virgin Space Ship were only a few minutes. They went to space and returned to Earth a few minutes later, but Musk’s Inspiration-4 mission is three days long. There will be two trained pilots in this spacecraft, but they will not have any contribution in operating the spacecraft. At the same time, Virgin Galactic was operated by two pilots, while no pilot was needed in Blue Origin.
Where and when will Inspiration-4 take off?
According to the information, the launch date of Inspiration-4 has been fixed as September 15, but its time has not been decided yet. With the help of this Falcon-9 rocket, this spacecraft will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the people going in it will spend three days in space.
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