$51Million?
'Strewth, that's one helluva business flight. Not even a glass of complimentary champagne on boarding. Even at the destination, the food's crap, and, worse, the water's piss-awful...
Hope they get air miles...
Bumming a ride on Russian rockets will soon be a few million dollars more expensive. Inflation y'know. Russia will charge US astronauts $51m for a round trip to the International Space Station beginning in 2012, a Russian space official said on Wednesday. NASA said earlier it plans to reserve up to 24 seats aboard the Russian …
Eh?
The present contract ends in 2011, and the new one starts in 2012.
Nothing will really change next year as far as sending crews to and from the ISS is concerned. The Shuttle can;t stay up long enough to provide for emergency evacuation.
And Ares is meant for going back to the Moon. Overkill for servicing the ISS.