Japan Is Planning To Send Tourists To Moon Via A Bullet Train

Japan is planning to launch a revolutionary bullet train to take travellers to space, including allowing them to move from one planet to another.

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The Hexagon Space Track System project by Kyoto University in collaboration with Kajima Construction aims to turn space tourism into reality.

The scientists are also planning to create an Earth-like atmosphere on Mars without harming the environment, where tourists will be able to live. The bullet trains will travel through a highly advanced interplanetary transportation system known as Hexatrack and will be equipped with hexagonal-shaped capsules with a moving instrument in the center.

The Earth and the moon will be linked with the help of a small capsule with a 15-meter radius. A 20-meter radius capsule will connect the Earth and Mars. Moon and Mars will be connected with a 30-meter radius capsule. Train stations are also planned on the moon and Mars.

The Hexatrack will maintain a gravity of 1G during long-distance travel to alleviate the effects of prolonged exposure to low gravity. A simplified prototype version of the project is expected to be completed by 2050, but it might take around a century for the project to become a reality.