Primary space tourists could possibly be vacationing at ISS as early as 2021
Space tourism has been talked about as another big matter for the uber abundant traveller, and today two of 3 golden tickets are available for a 10-moment trip to the International Space Station (ISS). One chair, which cost USD 55 million, has already been booked for the trip on Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket in 2021.
The identity of the individual who purchased the first ticket is not revealed.
The first private people spaceflight, which is slated for the next half of next year, is a collaboration between Axiom Space, a Houston-based startup owned by a former supervisor of the NASA-run part of the ISS, and rocket company SpaceX, the New York Times reported.
Axiom announced that it had tied up with Elon Musk’s company to transport vacationers on SpaceX Crew Dragon modules, which are being tested to take NASA astronauts to the reduced Earth orbit station in a few months. Certainly not counting the travel period to and from the ISS, the travelers will be spending 8 times on the space station, once the Crew Dragon module is usually attached to it.
Before getting into their space flight, tourists will be have to undergo a 15-week training on the planet. Accompanying the vacationers will get an Axiom-trained astronaut who will be the airline flight commander.
Aside from SpaceX and Axiom, the Richard Branson owned Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin are also likely to offer similar trips. Even so, their proposals are a lot more modest, with flights only organized for 11 to 90 moments and stopping just brief of the Karman Brand, 100 km from earth, which is definitely the level where space begins. No travel dates have been confirmed.
Besides, Axiom isn't the only suitor that SpaceX has got because of its Crew Dragon module. Space Adventures, another personal space venture, as well announced a handle SpaceX last month for a free-flying trip of 5 times, for four travelers. That trip will probably take off in later 2021 or early 2022.
Nevertheless, what the Axiom and SpaceX tie-up gives is a more ambitious vacation in the ISS, which is certainly technically in Space, orbiting at about 350 km from the Earth’s surface.
