Accordingly, passengers will travel by SpaceX spacecraft for a 10-day trip into space, expected to depart in mid-2021. Of the $55 million collected from each passenger, the biggest cost Axiom has to pay is for SpaceX to provide space vehicles.
For lodging, Axiom will need to pay NASA a minimum of $35,000 per guest per night. This includes the right to use the space and utilities such as water, internet, and even… air in the station.
The first flight is expected to have four seats, including one for astronauts and three for passengers. As soon as it went on sale, the first ticket was sold. Mr. Michael T. Suffredini - president of Axiom said, the space inside the ISS is equivalent to a Boeing 747, so there is no worry about not having enough space for visitors.
If successful, Axiom's flight would be the first human spaceflight project entirely privately funded and operated, with no connection to national space agencies.
Axiom has previously planned to build a $4 billion hotel room on the ISS. This "unimaginable" room will have glass doors to see the entire Earth, giving guests a unique feeling. The first parts of the hotel are expected to be put into orbit in 2024.
Space tourism is increasingly attracting the attention of big companies. Last month, Space Adventures reached an agreement with SpaceX to send a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four tourists into space for four days.
Mr. Eric C. Anderson - President of Space Adventures - said: "Passengers are equipped with skills to respond to many accident scenarios in space. So the future of space tourism will not be far away!"
Space Adventures flights are also expected to begin in late 2021 or early 2022, just in time for the 60th anniversary of John Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962. Space Adventures has not yet announced the price, but according to Mr. Anderson, the price will fluctuate around 10-20 million USD.
A proposed model of the hotel on the ISS that NASA is designing and building.
