A model of a tourist cabin with four seats for a space tourism vehicle was displayed at CAS Space exhibition hall in Guangzhou’s Nansha for journalists participating in a media tour to explore high-quality development around Guangdong on February 18.
(Tourist cabin with four seats for a space tourism vehicle/photo provided to GDToday)
CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, also signed a cooperation agreement with CTG Travel (China Tourism Group) to research and develop technology for space tourism. “In the future, the space tourism vehicle is expected to take seven people to space at once,” said Li Qinfeng, Vice Manager of CAS Space Guangzhou Corporation.
According to Li, the CAS Space base in Nansha is China’s first commercial aerospace industrial base, which opened in the district on January 9, 2023, and has a production capacity of up to 30 rockets per year.
Author丨Nina
Editor丨Wing, Olivia, Will, James
