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Given that ISS belongs to multiple countries (US / Russia / Japan / Canada / UE), is NASA allowed to sell tickets to travel there and get keep the benefits of t
by jorge-d 7y ago
Given that ISS belongs to multiple countries (US / Russia / Japan / Canada / UE), is NASA allowed to sell tickets to travel there and get keep the benefits of the sell for itself ?
- lukeqsee 7y agoThe article mentioned that Russia has already done so, so I would say yes. It also appears the vast majority of the expense (99%) will be in the ferrying fees paid to SpaceX or Boeing.
- rory096 7y agoEach module is owned by its respective country.
- pkaye 7y agoSo Canadians get strapped on for a ride on the Canadarm2? /s
- rtkwe 7y agoNASA I believe gets a certain number of slots and will be giving up an astronaut slot for each of these tourist flights. When Dragon and Starliner finally start flying though they'll be able to increase the number of people able to be on the station at once so net they're probably no worse off than before. Currently only 6 people (up to 9 but only briefly during a handover) can be on board at once because each Soyuz can only carry 3 people. Crew Dragon can hold up to 7 but most of the time will be flying with less, iirc 3-4.