If your vacation budget is upwards of $50 million, then NASA has an out-of-this-world trip for you.
Jayme DeerwesterOne day soon, you won't need to be a member of the traditional astronaut corps to visit the International Space Station. But you – or your corporate sponsors – will need very deep pockets.
Minimum of three years of related professional experience obtained after degree OR at least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time on jet aircraft "We are so excited to be part of NASA as our home and laboratory in space transitions to become accessible to commercial and marketing opportunity as well as to private astronauts," said astronaut Christina Koch, who currently lives aboard the ISS, in a NASA video announcement. "Enabling a vibrant economy in low-earth orbit has always been a driving element on the space station program and will make space more accessible to all Americans.
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NASA says the International Space Station is open for businessNASA unveils a plan to allow private companies to make use of the International Space Station. - NBCNewsMACH
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NASA opens space station to private astronaut missionsYou have to be in shape, meeting NASA's tough medical standards and the space station's training and certification requirements. And it'll cost you upwards of $35,000 per night for room and board -- and air -- at the International Space Station.
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Trump wants NASA to go to Mars, not the moon like he declared weeks ago'NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon,' Trump tweeted. 'We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!'
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