On Monday, the company “Glavkosmos” (part of the state corporation “Roskosmos”) organized and conducted the Space Tourism video. How Soon? With the capital of Finland – the city of Helsinki. The event dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the flight to Sosmos Yuri Gagarin was attended by General Director of Glavkosmos Dmitry Loskutov, Cosmonaut Roscosmos, Russia’s hero Oleg Kotov, Finnish entrepreneur, founder of the Slush Startup conference and one of the creators of the game Angry Birds Peter Westerbak, As well as a musician, author of the popular Finnish song Lennä Juri Gagarin (“Flying, Yuri Gagarin!”) Heikki Salo.
During the teletell, the audience saw the frames of the archiving newsreel, which captured Yuri Gagarin’s visit in 1961 to the capital of Finland. During the discussion, the participants exchanged views on the prospects for the development of cosmic tourism, about the necessary stages in preparation for flight. In addition, the possibilities of commercialization by tourists of their space travel and experience gained from such a journey were noted.
At the end of the event, Heikki Salo’s lively performed his hit Lennä Juri Gagarin. The full version of the telecom is available on the official Channel Chankosmos channel on the video hosting youtube .