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Got $50 Million for a Vacation? Stay at the International Space Station!

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 11 2019, @08:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the out-of-this-world-vacation dept.

MrPlow writes:

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NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 per night, the U.S. space agency said on Friday.

[...] But the ride won't be cheap.

NASA estimated the cost of a flight would be around $50 million per seat. In addition, NASA will charge visitors for food, storage and communication once at the station.

"If you look at the pricing and you add it up, back of a napkin, it would be roughly $35,000 a night, per astronaut," NASA's Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit told a news conference in New York.

"But it won't come with any Hilton or Marriott points," DeWit deadpanned.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-nasa/got-50-million-for-a-vacation-nasa-to-open-space-station-to-private-citizens-idUSKCN1T81U6

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 11 2019, @11:02PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 11 2019, @11:02PM (#854422)

    Yelp gives it bad review: Cramped, smelly, uncomfortable beds, small restroom, small windows, and noisy machines hum and beep all night.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday June 12 2019, @03:49AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday June 12 2019, @03:49AM (#854509) Journal

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_adaptation_syndrome [wikipedia.org]

    As with sea sickness and car sickness, space motion sickness symptoms can vary from mild nausea and disorientation to vomiting and intense discomfort; headaches and nausea are often reported in varying degrees. The most extreme reaction yet recorded was that felt by Senator Jake Garn in 1985. After his flight, NASA jokingly began using the informal "Garn scale" to measure reactions to space sickness. In most cases, symptoms last from 2–4 days

    I was floating in a sea of my own puke. 3/5 stars.

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