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Do you have a source on this?
by CraftThatBlock 5y ago
Do you have a source on this?
- dustintrex 5y agoReputedly, that's what the very first space tourist Dennis Tito paid for his jaunt to the ISS. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-tourism-20-year-anniversary-scn/index.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-tourism-20-year-ann... The math is a bit different though, since that sum was propping up Roscosmos, which is a government org with opaque accounting and already had everything in place. By contrast, at whatever price Isaacman paid, SpaceX made a clear commercial profit.
- rasz 5y agoTito flew on Richard Garriott aka Lord British (Ultima series) ticket. Afair the original ticket was $5 mil, but dotcom boom forced Richard into liquidating assets. Space Adventures charged Tito extra.