NASA has confirmed its intention to buy seats on possible private space missions, to support its “low-Earth orbit commercialisation goals”. Specifically, it would be for short duration (taking up to 30 days) trips to the International Space Station. “The purchase of a private astronaut mission seat will directly support NASA’s low-Earth orbit commercialisation goals by ...
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