Mumbai, India: The Mumbai-based Indian firm Space Aura Aerospace Technology Pvt Ltd company planning for space tourism by 2025, as the company started working on a space capsule with dimensions of 10 feet by 8 feet and the ability to launch six visitors together with the pilot at once.Â
However, the space capsule will remain within 35 km radius above the earth.
The firm has set itself a target of 2025 for beginning its flight into space, as per the reports.
Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh have been earmarked as future places from where these space flights will get launched.
The space capsule will be propelled by a balloon filled with helium or hydrogen gas up to 30 to 35 kilometres above sea level, where space tourists can witness the curvature of the earth and the darkness of space for about an hour,
The space balloon will slowly be deflated and a parachute will be unpacked to bring down the spaceship. At a definite point the space balloon will be detached from the space capsule and the tourists will be brought down safely, reports says.