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Mars_B4_Moon

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The Soyuz MS-20 spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS) does not deliver any crew members for an ISS Expedition or serve as a lifeboat for any crew members on board the station. Instead, it is commanded by a single professional cosmonaut on board, and carries two space tourists represented by space tourism company Space Adventures, which has already successfully planned and executed eight space tourism missions to the ISS. It is thought Musk might launch the very same space tourist in a flight around the Moon. Maezawa Yusaku  前澤 友作 does not have an official net worth but it is thought he is worth Billions, he seems to have a producer, butler, photographer / assistant with him named Yozo Hirano.

Interview: Japanese tourist says space trip 'amazing'
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-japanese- … azing.html

A good morning, moving showing where the water is to Japanese viewers, explaining the station, hygenie and brushing teeth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlmJ_V9t-M8

He seems to be crying while reading some manga comicbook here, 'space brothers' he brought comic number 27, he says the reason he brought this on the trip is this comic touched or impacted  him emotionally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OxS1ha518

Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin will spend 12 days at the space station, where they will be joined by Expedition 66 commander Anton Shkaplerov and cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos; NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron; and astronaut Matthias Maurer with the European Space Agency (ESA).
A Japanese e-commerce entrepreneur, Maezawa will share his experience on the space station — as filmed by Hirano — on his YouTube channel. He has a list of 100 things to do in space as were suggested by the public that range from "flying the furtherest paper airplane" to "doing a TikTok dance" to "bringing back air" from the International Space Station.

"I didn't think I would be able to go to space," Maezawa said at a press conference prior to his launch. "I feel fortunate to have this opportunity and to finally fulfill my dream."
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-1 … aunch.html
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa films a 'breathtaking' timelapse of Earth from the ISS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech … h-ISS.html

Space tourist Maezawa reveals lessons from $120m ISS stay
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/space … USPOPW6KE/

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They are still paying big ticket prices and not airline levels for a space ride.

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Russia ready to 'fight' for space tourism supremacy
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russ … y_999.html

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It makes them money to not send up a full crew of cosmonauts each time a seat is sold for the cost of the entire rocket....

Nasa needs to get with the program of leveraging the high ground for science and for growth aiming towards colonies and settlements.

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I sure would like a vacation but I am sort of short for the $80 million on a 12-day trip to the International Space Station.

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Proposed to launch circumlunar mission is expected to take 6 days to complete
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project
The dearMoon project is a lunar tourism mission and art project conceived and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. It will make use of a SpaceX Starship on a private spaceflight flying a single circumlunar trajectory around the Moon. The passengers will be Maezawa, 8 civilians, and one or two crew members. The project was unveiled in September 2018 and the flight is expected to occur no earlier than 2023. The project objective is to have six to eight passengers travel with Maezawa for free around the Moon on a six-day tour. Maezawa expects that the experience of space tourism will inspire the accompanying passengers in the creation of something new. The art would be exhibited some time after returning to Earth to help promote peace around the world.
Maezawa had previously contracted in 2017 with SpaceX for a lunar flyby in a much smaller Dragon 2 spacecraft launched by a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, which would have carried only two passengers.

The AP Interview: Japanese tourist says space trip 'amazing'
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireS … g-81979186

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Private space companies' 2022 promises to keep
https://news.yahoo.com/private-space-co … 30257.html

2021 Was the Year Space Tourism Opened Up. But for Whom?
https://www.wired.com/story/2021-was-th … -for-whom/

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Space Travel is the New Vacation for the Super Wealthy

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/space-tr … 31166.html

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Chinese Companies are Planning to Offer Space Tourism Flights by 2025

https://www.universetoday.com/157774/ch … s-by-2025/

One of the more famous features of Space Age 2.0 is the rise of the commercial space industry, also known as “NewSpace.” While the space agencies of the world plan to send astronauts back to the Moon (this time, to stay), crewed missions to Mars, and robotic missions to every corner of the Solar System, NewSpace companies are offering cost-effective launch services, sending commercial astronauts to space, and commercializing Low Earth Orbit (LEO). There’s also the prospect of space tourism, with companies like Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, and SpaceX offering suborbital flights, trips to LEO, and beyond!

China, one of the fastest-growing nations in space, is looking to offer commercial flights to suborbital space. According to senior rocket scientists Yang Yiqiang, who spoke to the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN), China will send its first group of commercial passengers on a spaceflight, with ticket prices ranging between $287,200 to $430,800 (2 to 3 million yuan). While China is a relative newcomer to the commercial space scene, this announcement signals its intent to catch up to companies based in the U.S. and other space competitors.

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Everything you need to know about space tourism in 20 slides

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