SpaceX has launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station for more than a week’s stay
Highlights
- SpaceX launches three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station.
- They’re paying $55 million apiece for the rocket ride and accommodations, all meals included.
- SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.
- The three businessmen are the latest to take advantage of the opening of space to those with deep pockets.
- NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination, Russia has been hosting tourists at the space station for decades.
- The company plans to detach its own compartments to form a self-sustaining station after about five years, the company says.