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Russia plans to allow paying tourists who visit the International Space Station (ISS) to go out on spacewalks. Russia's Energia is also building a "comfortable" new module to transport tourists to the ISS:
Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the country's space industry said Thursday.
"We are discussing the possibility of sending tourists on spacewalks," Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russian space company Energia, told Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda. "Market analysts have confirmed this: wealthy people are ready to pay money for this," Solntsev told the paper.
He said the cost of such a trip could be around $100 million (80 million euros), "possibly less for the first tourist". The tourists will be able to "go out on a spacewalk and make a film, (or) a video clip".
Energia, which was behind the launch of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin in 1961, is currently building a new module dubbed NEM-2 to transport tourists to the International Space Station (ISS). Solntsev said the NEM-2, the name of which is still to be confirmed, will accommodate four to six people. It will be fitted with "comfortable" cabins, two toilets and internet access.
(Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Friday February 02 2018, @08:26PM (2 children)
Learning from low-cost airline.
It's the same $50M as before for the ISS tourist trip, room and board, one week.
Add 1 Million for the Airlock operation, $1M for your spacesuit, $1M for the film/video, $1M for using the radio comms.
Then there's a $46M "convenience fee" to be let back in.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday February 02 2018, @10:54PM (1 child)
Open the pod bay doors, Vladimyr...
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(Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Friday February 02 2018, @11:08PM
It is unlocked, tovarich. Just grab your wallet and swipe your credit card.