NASA Opens International Space Station To Private Astronauts
WASHINGTON: NASA has announced that it would open the International Space Station to private individuals and more commercial business at roughly USD 35,000 (approx. Rs 26 lakh) per night per astronaut.
NASA
said it is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so
U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial
economy in low-Earth orbit.
The space agency expects to accommodate two short-term
private astronaut visits to the space station every year. The spacecraft will
be designed in partnership with Boeing and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, known as the
Commercial Crew Program. The missions can last as long as 30 night.
NASA
said that it will leve o the Commercial crew Program to plan trips and provide
training to private astronauts in space.
Commercial
businesses willing to conduct business on the ISS must require a zero-gravity
environment along with a connection to NASA's mission as well as contribute to
the sustainability of a new economy.
More
than 50 companies already are conducting commercial research and development on
the space station via the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory,
and their results are yielding great promise. In addition, NASA has worked with
10 different companies to install more than 14 commercial facilities on the
station that support research and development projects for NASA and the ISS
National Lab.
However,
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