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A quote from an article on the Verge says "Musk declined to comment on the exact cost of the trip, but said it was “comparable” or a little more than the cost o

by jansen 10y ago

A quote from an article on the Verge says "Musk declined to comment on the exact cost of the trip, but said it was “comparable” or a little more than the cost of a crewed mission to the International Space Station." Does anyone have a rough estimate how much a manned mission to the ISS currently costs?

goshx 10y ago
$82 millions according to the announcer at Kennedy Space Center while I was waiting for the Falcon 9 launch.
- redant 10y ago
  Are you talking about unmanned mission? Because he specifically mentioned crewed mission.
  - goshx 10y ago
    I am talking about the price Russia charges the US to send one human to the ISS. I guess the announcer wasn't correct. That amount would be for 2018. http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-cost-per-soyuz-seat-2016-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-cost-per-soyuz-seat...
trafficlight 10y ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-soyuz-2016-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-so... Russia currently charges $58 million per seat to the ISS, with the price expected to increase to $80ish million by 2018.
plttn 10y ago
If I remember correctly, the price of a Soyuz seat is around $20,000,000USD for tourists, with NASA's price to fly on Soyuz being much higher per seat.
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bobsky 10y ago
Appears to be around $80M per seat. Great graph of how it increase from $20M in 2008 to $80M today after NASA permanently grounded its space shuttles: http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-soyuz-2016-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-so...
westbywest 10y ago
At least from NASA's standpoint, looks like they budget single-digit $Billions for human spaceflight, out of a yearly budget in the range of $18B. I'm not sure how cleanly that can be broken down per-mission, since stays aboard the ISS can now exceed 12 months. https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/02/nasa-outlines-fy-2016-budget-request/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/02/nasa-outlines-fy-2016-...
reddog 10y ago
For perspective, it cost about $200 million to get your name on an America's Cup trophy. So as billionaire vanity projects go, this is pretty reasonable.
netcraft 10y ago
On a different end of the spectrum, Emily Calandrelli is giving a $35M figure for the last ISS ticket: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceGal/status/836333012056842240 https://twitter.com/TheSpaceGal/status/836333012056842240

by jansen 10y ago

goshx 10y ago

$82 millions according to the announcer at Kennedy Space Center while I was waiting for the Falcon 9 launch.

redant 10y ago
Are you talking about unmanned mission? Because he specifically mentioned crewed mission.
- goshx 10y ago
  I am talking about the price Russia charges the US to send one human to the ISS. I guess the announcer wasn't correct. That amount would be for 2018. http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-cost-per-soyuz-seat-2016-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-cost-per-soyuz-seat...

trafficlight 10y ago

http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-soyuz-2016-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-so... Russia currently charges $58 million per seat to the ISS, with the price expected to increase to $80ish million by 2018.

plttn 10y ago

If I remember correctly, the price of a Soyuz seat is around $20,000,000USD for tourists, with NASA's price to fly on Soyuz being much higher per seat.

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bobsky 10y ago

Appears to be around $80M per seat. Great graph of how it increase from $20M in 2008 to $80M today after NASA permanently grounded its space shuttles: http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-soyuz-2016-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-so...

westbywest 10y ago

At least from NASA's standpoint, looks like they budget single-digit $Billions for human spaceflight, out of a yearly budget in the range of $18B. I'm not sure how cleanly that can be broken down per-mission, since stays aboard the ISS can now exceed 12 months. https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/02/nasa-outlines-fy-2016-budget-request/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/02/nasa-outlines-fy-2016-...

reddog 10y ago

For perspective, it cost about $200 million to get your name on an America's Cup trophy. So as billionaire vanity projects go, this is pretty reasonable.

netcraft 10y ago

On a different end of the spectrum, Emily Calandrelli is giving a $35M figure for the last ISS ticket: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceGal/status/836333012056842240 https://twitter.com/TheSpaceGal/status/836333012056842240