NASA to allow private citizens to fly to the International Space Station

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As many as two private astronauts per year could fly into space and stay for up to 30 days, costing a cool $US50 million ($71 million) a seat.

NASA is planning to allow private astronauts to fly to the International Space Station, as well as open up the orbiting laboratory to more commercial interests, including filming advertisements in an attempt to help fund its crash plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, the agency announced on Friday.

Under the NASA plan, as many as two private astronauts per year could fly to the station and stay for up to 30 days with the first mission coming as early as next year. "We have no idea what kinds of creativity and literally out of the world ideas can come from private industry," Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's head of human exploration, said during a news conference.

 

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...I mean why even bother reporting what is so blatantly out of reach and just a gargantuan waste of resources in any measure?; it's like circle jerking for the ultra-wealthy; grotesque...

They will add a few extension bungalows with pools and gym too?

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