{
  "id": 7778089,
  "title": "Chinese travel platform sparks debate with US$760,000 space flight package",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/chinese-travel-platform-sparks-debate-with-us-760-000-space-flight",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:30:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3367720/chinese-travel-platform-sparks-debate-us760000-space-flight-package"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese online travel platform Trip.com has turned heads by launching its most expensive offering to date: a space flight package costing at least 5.1 million yuan (US$759,900). The six-day trip includes several days of preflight training followed by a 90-minute suborbital flight operated by US-based provider Virgin Galactic, which takes off from Las Cruces, New Mexico. The first four days are…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}