There were times when to travel to space you had to belong to NASA or the Soviet Union's space program. In that era, the American astronauts' car was a Corvette—we don't know which car the Soviets would drive, but we assume that perhaps it was something like a Lada.
Times change. Today an astronaut does not need to belong to NASA to go into space, as the Corvette has been replaced by a… Range Rover, but this one is not offered. All because Land Rover, as a result of the five-year partnership it has with the company Virgin Galactic (which for around 280 thousand euros takes anyone to space), created the Range Rover Astronaut Edition.
Created by the SVO division, this exclusive Range Rover can only be purchased by anyone who has already gone into space with Virgin Galactic. Packed with exclusive details like a painting inspired by the blue of the night sky, aluminum door handles and coasters made with parts of the shuttles used on Virgin Galactic's trips.
In terms of engines, the exclusive Range Rover Astronaut Edition comes with a 5.0 l 525 hp V8 or else in the plug-in hybrid version 404 hp P400e.
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