Skift Take
Don’t think the Chinese will shy away from a space tourism adventure — and if they can don Prada space suits while they’re at it, you can bet they’re all in!
Last week, Chinese rocket startup Deep Blue Aerospace pre-sold two tickets for its 2027 commercial suborbital flight on Alibaba-owned shopping platform Taobao. Three million people tuned in for the live broadcast.
Deep Blue originally priced the tickets at CNY 1.5 million ($210,700) per passenger for a 12-minute suborbital flight. However, the company sold the tickets at a discounted rate of CNY 1 million ($140,000) during the livestream.
During the journey the spacecraft will fly to an altitude of 100…
