Japanese start-up PD Aeropace is working on a reusable spacecraft to transport paying passengers into space by 2023. The company has been developing its own rocket and capsule for the past two years, but it recently announced that it had received funding from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to develop an orbital The spacecraft, shaped like an aeroplane, is expected to carry six passengers and two pilots, at a cost of JPY17m ($153,000) per customer. Passengers are expected to experience weightlessness for about five minutes.
Japanese start-up PD Aeropace is working on a reusable spacecraft to transport paying passengers into space by 2023. The company plans to provide commercial flights up to an altitude of 110 km. The spacecraft, shaped like an aeroplane, is expected to carry six passengers and two pilots, at a cost of JPY17m ($153,000) per customer. Passengers are expected to experience weightlessness for about five minutes.