At the beginning of this year, a news about space tourism sparked public discussion. Several professionals in the fields of technology and art signed contracts to become space tourists and received spacecraft tickets worth 3 million yuan. Some people imagine that in the near future, they may also be able to board a spacecraft for a space trip? At this year's National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, many representatives and members shared their views on this matter. Foreign companies have laid out space tourism business earlier. For example, companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic have successfully completed commercial manned spaceflight. Tourists can not only experience orbital stays, but also conduct commercial spacewalks. ”Introduction by Zhang Tao, a National People's Congress representative and professor at Beihang University. Our country's enterprises have developed space tourism business relatively late, but in recent years, several commercial aerospace companies in China have started layout and entered stages such as technology verification and engineering research and development. There are multiple driving factors behind this, "Zhang Tao believes. On the one hand, there is a significant improvement in technological maturity. After years of technological accumulation and engineering practice, China has made significant breakthroughs in key technologies such as rocket recovery and manned spacecraft, laying a solid technical foundation for the commercial operation of space tourism. On the other hand, a favorable policy environment has created favorable conditions for industrial development. Taking China as an example, the "Action Plan for Promoting High Quality and Safe Development of Commercial Aerospace (2025-2027)" issued by the National Space Administration in 2025 clarifies support for new formats such as space tourism, "said Zhang Tao. Reporters have found that both domestically and internationally, the price of spacecraft tickets is very high, usually ranging from tens of thousands to tens of millions of dollars, and is not a typical consumer grade product. Zhang Tao pointed out that factors affecting the price of spacecraft tickets include technology costs, industry scale, and market competition. From a technical perspective, carrying out space tourism requires crossing multiple key thresholds. Firstly, the reliability and safety of the launch. Space tourism must ensure the safety of tourists' lives throughout the entire flight process, which is the most core and fundamental requirement. Secondly, the mature application of reusable transportation technology is directly related to whether it can effectively reduce costs. In addition, the development of space tourism also requires the establishment of a sound technical system and safety guarantee mechanism in multiple aspects such as flight control, return landing, and ground support. These links have a high technical threshold, which has correspondingly raised the price of spacecraft tickets, "said Zhang Tao. Previously, Zhang Guangjun, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an academician of the CAE Member, and the former vice minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said in an interview with the media that at present China has a certain layout for commercial operations such as space tourism, but it is still in the stage of research, development and utilization of space resources. It will take a long process to make space tourism affordable for ordinary people. Zhang Tao believes that promoting commercial space activities such as space tourism to accelerate towards the era of mass consumption requires efforts from multiple aspects. On the one hand, commercial aerospace companies need to constantly innovate in technology research and development and business models, and reduce costs through technological breakthroughs. On the other hand, universities, research institutes, and enterprises need to establish closer cooperation mechanisms, form a collaborative innovation ecosystem, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote breakthroughs in key commercial aerospace technologies. (New Society)