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$35K per night is oddly cheap, yeah. I think the ISS operates in the neighborhood of $6M per crewmember-day (where a day is 24 hours). You're correct that ther
by inamberclad 7y ago
$35K per night is oddly cheap, yeah. I think the ISS operates in the neighborhood of $6M per crewmember-day (where a day is 24 hours).
You're correct that there's no real night on the ISS. It sits in low earth orbit (LEO) and circles the Earth every 90 minutes. 45 minutes of sunlight, 45 minutes of shade.
- dTal 7y agoI wonder what the marginal cost per crewmember is. On the one hand, there's a lot of ground control infrastructure that supports the ISS that doesn't care how many crewmembers there are. On the other, the cost of resupply missions is probably directly proportional to the number of mouths. Maybe it's $35k per night, but meals cost extra (a lot extra).