Justin Sun's 8000-Word Recollection of Space Travel: You Have to Go Get What You Want

BlockBeats News, January 23rd, Beijing Voyager Space Technology Co., Ltd.'s "Voyager I (CYZ1)" is expected to achieve its manned maiden flight in 2028. Currently, there are over ten paid space tourists, with Chinese actor Huang Jingyu becoming the 009th space tourist. Regarding this domestic space flight, a user inquired about the "space travel" technical difficulty and market outlook.

On this issue, TRON founder Justin Sun responded for the first time on Zhihu in 8000 words. He stated that he had completed a space flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard (NS-34 mission) on August 3, 2025. Regarding the domestic commercial manned spacecraft plan, he believed that this marked the transition of space travel from "the experience of a few" to "a reality closer to more people."

When discussing the market outlook, Justin Sun pointed out that in the short term, space tourism may still be seen as a "luxury item" or a "gimmick." However, if the industry can leverage the flight experience into manufacturing, operation and maintenance, talent, and a standard system, it is expected to expand to a wider range of applications such as microgravity experiments, materials and drug development, payload testing, and more. He emphasized that safety and compliance are always the prerequisites. Justin Sun stated that for Chinese commercial spaceflight, "he hopes it is not only fast, but also stable." He called on the market to have more patience and understanding in focusing on engineering, testing, and post-failure analysis beyond ticket prices and popularity, truly driving space exploration towards sustainable development.

In his article, Justin Sun expressed that his longing for space originated from a sense of belonging to deep space in his childhood, and the launch of Shenzhou 5 in 2003 made him realize that "going to space" is not only science fiction but also a feasible reality. After four years of waiting following the scheduled flight, it finally took off on August 3, 2025. The author believed that the $28 million was not a transaction but a "arrival" of destiny. After experiencing pre-launch nervousness leading to frequent bathroom visits, weightlessness during the process, and challenges like facial deformation and breathing difficulties due to a 5.5G overload during landing, he concluded: Space travel is not a romantic adventure but a cold, realistic engineering miracle.