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Tickets to Outer Space Increase Astronomically
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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
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/