NASA begins space tourism

Η NASA ετοιμάζεται να φιλοξενήσει περισσότερους ερασιτέχνες αστροναύτες στο Διεθνή Διαστημικό Σταθμό (ISS), για έως και εβδομάδες κάθε ταξίδι.

Ο διαστημικός τουρισμός μας έρχεται και η NASA ετοιμάζεται να το εκμεταλλευτεί. Τον Ιανουάριο του επόμενου έτους, η αποστολή Space Ax-1 αναμένεται να στείλει ένα επαγγελματία αστροναύτη αλλά και επιβάτες στο σταθμό για την διαμονή οκτώ ημερών χρησιμοποιώντας έναν πύραυλο της SpaceX και μια κάψουλα Crew Dragon. Η Blue Origin δε, δημοπράτησε μια θέση στο next month for $28 million.

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"This year is a renaissance for space flight, as we fly with NASA and our international partners with US commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station," said Phil McAlister, director of commercial space flight development at NASA. astronauts at the station.

“As more people fly into space and see more things during of their spaceflights, this will attract even more to flight which reflects the growing market we envisioned when we launched the Commercial Crew Program ten years ago.”

NASA hopes to work with third-party companies to send two more "private astronauts" to the ISS. The first tourist will take place in the fall of 2022 at the earliest and the next one sometime in mid-2023 if all goes according to plan. The US space agency is not looking to compete with commercial companies and its goal is to work with them.

Privately owned SpaceX will make the shuttles to and from the space station, while NASA will provide logistics , , υλικά και υπηρεσίες για τους ερασιτέχνες διαστημικούς ταξιδιώτες να θα ζήσουν στον ISS. Οι ερασιτέχνες αστροναύτες θα μπορούν να ζήσουν στο ISS για έως και 14 ημέρες και δεν θα τους επιτρέπεται να εμποδίζουν-ενοχλούν τους επαγγελματίες που θα εργάζονται επί του σκάφους. Ο launch vehicle and the vehicle that will carry the space travelers must be approved by NASA.

Of course, the fares will not be cheap. The space agency will charge $5,2 million in "base costs" for each mission and another $4,8 million for the programming required to of the mission. Add in the cost of feeding the amateur astronauts – that's $2.000 per person per day for dried food – and up to $1.500 per day for other amenities like sleeping bags, clothing and more. Not to mention payload costs and other fees that can add up to $164.000 a day per person.
The money earned from space tourism will help fill NASA's coffers, giving them an extra source of revenue to fund its costly scientific missions.

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