The lucky adventurer is an entrepreneur and TV journalist from Kerala. Santosh George Kulangara is taking a vacation that will be out worldly in the real sense; his destination is the veritable final frontier: space.
Until date, he has made travelogues of all travel trips that he has taken, having visited over fifty countries. Virgin galactic has given him permission to film the sub-orbital space flight, which he is totally thrilled about.
He got his space ticket after waiting for a year and a half and hopes to take off by the end of next year. Before the trip he will undergo a week’s specialized training for the trip.
He said:
I am not at all nervous. Space tourism will soon become so common that it will be like taking a flight from London to New York.
Mr Kulangara has spent a whopping Rs8,81,400 that is $20,000 for just securing his seat; he will have to pay a further sum of Rs79,32,600 that is $180,000 for joining the momentous expedition. For those of us unable to go there will have the video to enjoy.
Source: DNA
