Want to space travel like Katy Perry? Here’s how many EMIs you will have to shell out

Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh

Katy’s Cruise

Katy Perry can casually book a ₹3.75 crore Virgin Galactic seat. For the rest of us? It’s a dream wrapped in an EMI nightmare.

EMI Eclipse

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Loan to Launch

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Balloon Break

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Desi Space Shot

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Rs 209 Hope

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ISRO’s Promise

India’s space agency is prepping for suborbital tourism after 2030. But at ₹6 crore, it’s still not for aam aadmi. Representative pic

Future or Fantasy?

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Middle-Class Mars?

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