22 young people from around the world, including a Spaniard, will be lucky enough to travel more than 100 kilometers from the Earth’s surface, becoming one of the first non-professional astronauts to travel into space. The Ax Apollo campaign will recruit over the next few months and through the Ax Apollo Space Academy (AASA) those chosen from among all those who register on the project website.
In the words of the physicist, doctor in Electronic Engineering and godfather of the AASA, Félix Torán ” today begins a long adventure bound for space .” Basically, the most voted candidates will compete for various challenges in their respective countries, being able to win a place for the last stage of the competition, which will take place at the Ax Global Space Camp in Orlando, Florida, where mock space missions will be held. . As Tomas Marcenaro, Global Vice President of Ax, points out ” for the first time, we simultaneously launched an international competition in 60 countries offering millions of people the opportunity to win the most epic prize on Earth: a trip to space .”
During the presentation, which took place on the morning of January 10, astronaut Buzz Aldrin explained that “space travel is, for everyone, the next frontier in the human experience”, congratulating itself on the fact that it is given to the young people the “extraordinary opportunity” to experience what he lived.
spacial tourism
In relation to space travel, Torán himself has explained that ” space tourism is the future “, explaining that “there is enough technology to have started doing space travel several years ago.” Also in relation to the role of Spain in the world of space exploration, Félix Torán has pointed out that ” this project is a great opportunity for Spain to enter the market for tourist space flights “.
The two main companies offering these types of space adventures are SXC and Virgin Galactic . During the presentation, the SXC Astronaut Relation Manager, Nathalie Streng, remarked that, apart from the 22 travelers who will go to space with this competition, they already have 186 tickets reserved to travel outside of Earth. In fact, according to Streng itself, at the end of this year they will operate flights of up to 60 kilometers in height, with a view to exceeding 100 kilometers in height next year.
