Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Elon Musk's SpaceX will send astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in May, NASA said, announcing the first crewed launch from the United States to the platform since 2011.
The tech entrepreneur's company will launch a Falcon 9 rocket to transport NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in a first for the space agency as it looks to cut costs.
"NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting no earlier than mid-to-late May for launch," the US space agency said in a statement Wednesday.
In March, Musk's Crew Dragon capsule made a round trip to the ISS, which is in orbit more than 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth, with a mannequin on board, before returning to the Atlantic after six days in space.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 21 2020, @12:08PM
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/02/19/027225 [soylentnews.org]
Crew Dragon will (or could) also be used for some tourists with too much money. Starship will likely have an immediately cheaper ticket price, with an order of magnitude or more volume per customer, allowing individual cabins.
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