> The article says they’re paying their way but also that they’ll be doing experiments? When I worked at Apple we "hired" the ISS. Astronauts were trained and

> The article says they’re paying their way but also that they’ll be doing experiments? When I worked at Apple we "hired" the ISS. Astronauts were trained and scheduled and would work for us. The work was not anything science related. I'm not sure how common this is, though.