....some extra time in orbit might not be too bad.
Posted on 01/29/2021 5:45:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
Houston-based space tourism company Axiom Space said Tuesday it will send a crew of three private citizens, plus its vice president and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, to the ISS for an eight-day stay, no earlier than January 2022.
The crew includes American entrepreneur and investor Larry Connor, who will be the pilot; Canadian philanthropist and investor Mark Pathy; and Eytan Stibbe, a former Israeli Air Force pilot who's also an investor and philanthropist. To get to the ISS, they'll hitch a ride on the SpaceX Crew Dragon.
The crew will live aboard the US segment of the ISS during their proposed mission and participate in research and philanthropic projects, according to Axiom. Some of the proposed collaborations include work with the Mayo Clinic, the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Canadian Space Agency. Stibbe also plans to conduct scientific experiments of Israeli researchers and entrepreneurs coordinated by the Ramon Foundation and the Israel Space Agency, the space company said.
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Where do I sign up for this?
Talk about a mid-life crisis!
With my luck, the moment I entered the space station, I’d hear that there was a nuclear war and we couldn’t go home.
....some extra time in orbit might not be too bad.
Only $55M? Sign me up!
That is just for the ride. It is 35k per day to stay on the station. In general, this could work.
They forgot to include my name in this article about the crew that’s going. I’m going to make a few phone calls to clear this up.
I’d love to go. But 8 days. Unless there is fishing or a sailboat involved I max out at 4. How is the liquor selection? Is it all inclusive?
“Thos is your captain speaking. We are experiencing a slight delay of whatever the half life of Plutonium is.”
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