China outlines space tourism ambition

Bezos, Musk and Branson have a new competitor in the space race 2.0.

China wants to send tourists to space.

Yang Yiqiang,, founder of government-backed firm CAS Space said it is developing a reusable rocket and spacecraft that could operate space flights.

CAS Space was reported to have partnered with state-owned China Tourism Group to promote space tourism.

CAS will operate a series of unmanned test flights starting next year, Yang said.