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Comment by montenegrohugo

Expect to see stuff like this become more and more "normal" in the future, thanks to access to space becoming drastically cheaper. Falcon 9/Dragon seats are now available for civilian purchase, as well as license to stay on the ISS.

Some examples: Axiom Space [1] plans to send three private passengers to the ISS on 2021, as well as adding their own commercial modules to the ISS. Tom Cruise seems pretty set on filming his next movie in space too [2].

Furthermore, if the Starship [3] project is successful, space is going to become _cheap_, perhaps even to the point that anyone in the upper middle class might be able to purchase a ride.

Exciting times.

[1] https://www.axiomspace.com/

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/5/21248460/nasa-tom-cruise-m...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

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