India's first space tourist ready to fly.
He operates a small publishing company in Marangattupilly hamlet near Kottayam, Kerala, and has also signed up to be India's first space tourist, with a confirmed seat on board richard Branson's Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise spacecraft.
Virgin Galactic spokesperson, Louella Faria-Jones, told She can verify that Santhosh George Kulangara has registered up to fly with them. She added that, in addition to George, two indian Americans living in the united states had also signed up for the journey.
"Initially, we were assured that it would happen by 2010. We'd even completed our zero-gravity training. However, there were a few setbacks, including plane crashes and pilot deaths. Several visitors even walked away."
Then came the pandemic, which prevented the plane from taking departure. "I assume industrialist Jeff Bezos' recent statement about his Blue Origin, which is also scheduled to launch on July 20," he joked.