China’s space tourism operators will lift off for first time in 2025 at between $280k-$400k per sub-orbital seat, according to the founder of Beijing-backed commercial launch service provider CAS Space, Yang Yiqiang.
Yang, who served as director general of Long March 11 rocket program in 2018, a year in which the vehicle launched three times, also told state-sponsored media that China’s space capabilities would catch up to the USA’s within a decade.
In Yang’s telling, China’s…