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The whole idea of this is that the government won't pay for it. Jared Isaacman has already done one space tourism trip on the dragon capsule, and has ordered 2
by Laremere 4y ago
The whole idea of this is that the government won't pay for it. Jared Isaacman has already done one space tourism trip on the dragon capsule, and has ordered 2 more dragon missions, and one starship mission. It seems he wants to be more than a Billionaire flying in space, and have a real impact. The next dragon flight is planning on being the first civilian spacewalk, the Hubble mission would be a successor with a likely spacewalk doing repairs/part replacement.
The extent to which this will have funding from NASA is likely to be limited to time spent by NASA personnel required to support the mission, whatever replacement hardware is installed, and a good chance of having a NASA astronaut along on the mission.
- pkaye 4y agoThe unfunded part is the study. The actual mission would need to be bid out. Other companies could do their own study and make a bid. But I'm sure Jared Isaacman is eager to get the deal and will absorb some of the cost.