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NASA will let tourists visit the International Space Station starting in 2020
The Sun, via FoxNews.com/science ^
| June 6, 2019
| Sean Keach, Digital Technology and Science Editor | The Sun
Posted on 06/07/2019 2:37:57 PM PDT by ETL
NASA plans to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020 – at an estimated cost of more than $50 million per trip.
It means that private companies will be able to take "private astronauts" to the ISS for up to 30 days.
"The agency can accommodate up to two short-duration private astronaut missions per year to the International Space Station," Nasa explained.
"These missions will be privately funded, dedicated commercial spaceflights."
Transport will be provided by both Boeing and Elon Musk's SpaceX, who are currently developing capsules that can carry humans to the ISS.
It's expected that a trip will likely cost around $50 million per astronaut, according to early estimates – but could easily rise well above that figure.
The spaceflight to the ISS will account for a large chunk of the cost.
NASA typically pays around $75 million for seats aboard a Soyuz spacecraft destined for the ISS, and even paid $82 million per seat in 2015.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; spacestation
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06/07/2019 2:37:57 PM PDT
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ETL
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06/07/2019 2:38:19 PM PDT
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06/07/2019 2:38:30 PM PDT
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Gift Shop will be an even bigger rip-off than the one in Huntsville.
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06/07/2019 2:38:55 PM PDT
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Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: ETL
I have “visited” the ISS several times using my Gear VR rig. Pretty spartan and utilitarian. Not sure where or how they will accommodate tourists.
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06/07/2019 2:39:53 PM PDT
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freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
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06/07/2019 2:47:53 PM PDT
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06/07/2019 2:57:15 PM PDT
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Interesting. I’ll give it some thought but I doubt if I will take them up on the offer. Kind of pricey and I get claustrophobic in concert halls.
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06/07/2019 3:00:31 PM PDT
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InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. A)
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06/07/2019 3:02:40 PM PDT
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BtD: "Well, fine, but for fifty mil I'm gonna expect a chocolate on my pillow."
ISS: "But Mr. Drill, we don't have pillows in space."
BtD: "Fifty mil and I gotta bring my own pillow? Fuggedaboudid."
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06/07/2019 3:11:40 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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Does it have a smoking area?
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06/07/2019 3:18:29 PM PDT
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fruser1
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To: kaehurowing
As long as her space capsule has an oxygen leak about a week into the flight...
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06/07/2019 3:20:49 PM PDT
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ssaftler
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06/07/2019 3:21:02 PM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
(Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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