Astronauts to Space Station via SpaceX, May 27

[Phil1111 1,149]

NASA announced on Friday that it has set May 27 as the target launch date for sending two astronauts to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard a rocket built by the company SpaceX.

After a nine year absence from using US launch vehicles. Soyuz goodby. "NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency’s auditor, said in a report last Thursday that NASA will pay $90 million to fly with Boeing(per person $86 million for Soyuz) – and just $55 million to fly with SpaceX. Both NASA and Boeing pushed back on OIG’s report, with the company saying in a press release that it “rejects the average seat price assessment.”

Meanwhile "The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. Since SpaceX is dumping astronaut capacity on the market perhaps Russia could buy up the "tourist" spots to the space station in 2021   Book your flight here.

 

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7 hours ago, Phil1111 said:

NASA announced on Friday that it has set May 27 as the target launch date for sending two astronauts to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard a rocket built by the company SpaceX.

After a nine year absence from using US launch vehicles. Soyuz goodby. "NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency’s auditor, said in a report last Thursday that NASA will pay $90 million to fly with Boeing(per person $86 million for Soyuz) – and just $55 million to fly with SpaceX. Both NASA and Boeing pushed back on OIG’s report, with the company saying in a press release that it “rejects the average seat price assessment.”

Meanwhile "The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. Since SpaceX is dumping astronaut capacity on the market perhaps Russia could buy up the "tourist" spots to the space station in 2021   Book your flight here.

 

"predatory pricing" MY ASS! HAHAHA! "So, Roscosmos (and by extension, United Launch Alliance), quakin' in yer booties, are ye?"

Seriously, this is exciting news. We've all been waiting a long time for this. Credit where it's due, the Russians manufacture some rockin' rocket engines (see РД-180), but everything is about to change: Efficiency in single-use is one thing, but RE-USE is another entirely. It's a whole new paradigm and Roscosmos had better get with the program or get left behind. Space tourism won't really become a reality until the cost per seat has been reduced by an order of magnitude.

[Phil1111 1,149]

5 hours ago, markharju said:

"predatory pricing" MY ASS! HAHAHA! "So, Roscosmos (and by extension, United Launch Alliance), quakin' in yer booties, are ye?"

Seriously, this is exciting news. We've all been waiting a long time for this. Credit where it's due, the Russians manufacture some rockin' rocket engines (see РД-180), but everything is about to change: Efficiency in single-use is one thing, but RE-USE is another entirely. It's a whole new paradigm and Roscosmos had better get with the program or get left behind. Space tourism won't really become a reality until the cost per seat has been reduced by an order of magnitude.

Agree poor Russia first oil prices then monopoly launches to the ISS. This after pouring $2.24 billion into the new Vostochny Cosmodrome. Then along comes that pesky Elon with his predatory pricing.