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SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

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Re: SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

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Post by jansen »

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?

Re: SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

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Post by runesoerensen »

> We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year. They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission.

Can't wait to hear who booked this trip! Definitely one of the coolest ways to spend a lot of superfluous money :)

Re: SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

Huge SpaceX fan here, but I've heard from various news sources that the company is famous for aggressively posting dates and then slowly letting them slide. Might that be the case here? (Still, even if it's 2 or 3 years, wow!)

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Post by goshx »

jansen wrote: post #3

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?

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