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In a recently released statement, the world's largest private aerospace group owned by billionaire Elon Musk - SpaceX said it plans to bring three tourists to the International Space Station. (ISS) early next year.

This is part of a partnership agreement between SpaceX and startup company Axiom Space. In which, SpaceX will provide equipment and Axiom Space will be in charge of coordination and service quality assurance. Visitors will travel to the International Space Station with Crew Dragon - a spacecraft that has successfully performed many missions to send NASA astronauts into space in the past. Among the crew members, one of Axiom's experts will be in charge of flight control, and will supervise tourists on an eight-day journey planned into space.

What is the cost of this trip?

Both SpaceX and Axiom refuse to disclose the cost of this unique trip, but according to New York Times analysts, the amount of money a tourist can pay can be up to 55 million dollars. Of that, $ 35,000 is the cost for each night of stay on the ISS space station, the remaining $ 54 million is spent on transportation services. This is clearly a 'crazy' price and certainly not for the masses.

However, there will be many giants accept bold spending to get this unique experience. Reports indicate a seat has been sold, although the buyer's identity has yet to be revealed.

Space travel services

SpaceX and Axiom are not the only companies that aspire to exploit space travel services. Blue Origin, a company owned by Amazon founders Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic, an aerospace group backed by billionaire Richard Branson, are two businesses that are targeting similar services. However, their flights are much smaller, only taking tourists to visit the Kármán Road located at an altitude of 100km, which is the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and space - the place of birth. the aurora, while the International Space Station has a stable trajectory in the upper part of the heat layer, at an altitude of between 320 and 380km.