In a previous article, we touched on the topic of Real Estate in space when we talked about colonizing the moon by the year 2025. So, today we will talk about the news that has caused a stir in the Riviera Maya since the announcement has been made that The city of Tulum will host one of the three launch bases for space tourism in the world of the EOS-X Spaceship Company. The other two are located in Seville, Spain, and at a point between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Let’s talk about Tulum, the base for space tourism.
In this way, Mexico, and specifically the Riviera Maya, venture into the promising business of space tourism. Said experience must be supported not only by the means of travel that will not be rocket-propelled but through a pressurized capsule elevated by means of a helium-inflated hot air balloon. However, as we already said, the trip is a tourist experience that implies lodging in the space “port”, and the training and preparation of the “tourists” to be able to reach the stratosphere safely.
The above was presented by Kemel Kharbachi, founder and CEO of EOS-X Spaceship Company during his participation in the Tulum Bioferia 2023, who said that the amounts and terms for the investment of said company will be announced in the near future. This work would generate between 500 and a thousand highly qualified jobs in Tulum, including engineers and experts in marketing and tourism, while establishing itself as a watershed in space exploration for commercial purposes other than those already established, such as satellites and paid research in the International Space Station.
“It is the decade of space tourism; In the 60s there were professional astronauts with a multi-million dollar investment, space programs were governmental and very expensive and what we think, as happened with Elon Musk or Richard Branson, is to lower operating costs when it comes to uploading so many loads like satellites and tourists.
Kemel Kharbachi
EOS-X Spaceship Company offers a five-day package in which the tourist stays in a complex on land, a very high-level experience, fully personalized, which includes simulators, immersive themes, a Moon and Mars pavilion, and space programs. The last day of the trip to the stratosphere takes place, which lasts five hours. This is done in a pressurized capsule (that is, astronaut suits are not required) with a capacity for seven people. Said trip will have an ascent duration of approximately two and a half hours and the permanence in the stratosphere at an altitude of 40,000 meters will be approximately an hour and a half orbiting, time in which you can contemplate and take photos, in fact inside there will be live streaming for family members and so on and then for the descent, it will be 30 minutes.
Something worth mentioning is that the company, by not using rockets with chemical fuels, is considered 100% sustainable, which is ideally inserted in the “Eco Friendly” lifestyle of Tulum. This will undoubtedly have an impact on the marketing strategy that seeks to interest in the experience not only those who wish to travel to space as tourists but also those who want to do so while being aware of the impact that said trip would have on nature, flora, and fauna. of the place. In the same way, the station located in the United Arab Emirates will have as its main characteristic a futuristic vision and a great projection towards life beyond earth, an extraterrestrial life.
Kemel Kharbachi explained that his capsules reach the limit of the stratosphere, which is 40,000 meters. From there the traveler can appreciate the curvature of the Earth. “In the case of the third base, which we have already 100 percent decided that it will be here (in Tulum) it will be possible to contemplate everything that is the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, part of North America, and part of the Central American cone. and South America,” he said.
Tulum, base for space Tourism.
Likewise, at the base located in Seville, Spain, the flight tests will begin in April of this year with 5 unmanned flights to carry out all the necessary measurements as well as pertinent adjustments and thereby guarantee maximum safety for those who contract the experience. to be space tourists.
This tour package will not be sold in traditional travel agencies; it will be done either directly on the EOS-X Spaceship Company platforms or in an agency specialized in this type of client; For example, in Mexico and the United States it will be Nuba, a company that makes exclusive and tailor-made trips.
The world and humanity are in constant evolution and tourism as an activity has been changing rapidly since the 50s when commercial airplane travel began, going through the large tour operators that made traveling something massive and today we have the appearance of the large internet platforms where everyone can design their customized tourist experience from their computer. Today we see the beginning of a new era, astrotourism.
This news undoubtedly puts Tulum once again under the spotlight and, without a doubt, will have to pay for the increase in the capital gain of any investment in real estate, joining megaprojects such as the Mayan Train and the New Tulum International Airport. If you want to know more about the different investment opportunities in this place known as the Jewel of the Mexican Caribbean, Select Riviera Maya Real Estate has a large portfolio of options that fit your needs, budget and tastes, we invite you to contact us.