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Tickets to Outer Space Increase Astronomically

by Neil Woodburn on Jul 21st 2007 at 1:36PM

Dammit!

I've been trying to save up money for a trip into outer space and now they've gone and raised the price.

The first space tourists to visit the International Space Station by jumping a ride aboard a Russian rocket paid a scant $20 million for the adventure. Recent passengers have paid $25 million.

The word on the street, however, is that the price for the rest of 2008 and 2009 is expected to increase to nearly $40 million--mostly due to the falling dollar.

Dammit! That means another 200 years of saving my money before I can scrape up that fee.

Filed under: Russian Federation

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cristatus Jul 22nd 2007 11:16AM

What's the price in the original currency? That would be nice to know for us international readers.

Neil Jul 22nd 2007 2:04PM

The original price is in dollars. Only one company--Space Adventures--has an arrangement with the Russian government to arrange these flights and the company is based in the United States.
http://www.spaceadventures.com/

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