brut Tourisme spatial : les projets fous de SpaceX, Blue Origin et Vast
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00:00Space tourism is no longer a dream, it's reality.
00:03This Wednesday, August 28, SpaceX launches the Polaris Dawn mission,
00:06for which four passengers, including billionaire and pilot Jared Isaacman,
00:11will venture 700 km from Earth,
00:13even further than the International Space Station.
00:16If all goes well, it will be the longest space trip
00:19since the lunar missions of the Apollo program.
00:22The crew should also be the first to make a spacewalk
00:27during a private mission.
00:28This mission will allow to test new space suits
00:31for future bases on the Moon and Mars.
00:34But Elon Musk is not the only one in the race.
00:36Jeff Bezos, with Blue Origin, also offers space trips.
00:40According to Quartz,
00:42a ticket for a 11-minute trip at 100 km altitude
00:45would cost about $1.25 million,
00:48while Richard Branson, with Virgin Galactic,
00:51offers flights from 1 hour to 80 km altitude.
00:54At the same time, many companies anticipate the end of the ISS.
00:58Vast, Axiom or Blue Origin
01:00are preparing to build two space stations
01:02that could welcome tourists and scientists by 2025.
01:06But it remains to be seen whether these investments will be profitable.