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NASA is opening up the International Space Station for "private astronaut missions of up to 30 days," it said, with the first mission as early as 2020.
The commercialization of the ISS has long been considered a way to reduce NASA's yearly costs for operating the station.NASA said it would open the International Space Station for "private astronaut missions of up to 30 days," with the first mission as early as 2020. As Boeing and SpaceX are developing capsules to carry humans to the ISS, the agency said the two companies will handle these private tourists and any services related to them.
NASA will start with two private astronaut flights a year, with each trip lasting 30 days maximum each. Each trip will likely cost over $50 million, with NASA getting $35,000 for each night a private astronaut spends on the International Space Station. Companies will also be allowed to bid for new activities on the ISS, as NASA unveiled a new directive to "enable commercial manufacturing and production and allow both NASA and private astronauts to conduct new commercial activities aboard the orbiting laboratory," the agency said in aThe commercialization of the ISS has long been considered a way to reduce NASA's yearly costs for operating the station.
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