Axiom Space organizes private missions to the ISS. The price tag? Roughly $55 million per seat. Yes, you read that right.
For fifty-five million bucks, you get a ride in a Dragon capsule, two weeks on the station, and the kind of bragging rights that make your neighbors’ vacation photos to the Bahamas look like a trip to the grocery store. It’s the equivalent of buying a private jet for every single person on your block.
The Cost of Space Flight Before and After SpaceX
Even the space toilet on the ISS reportedly cost $19 million to build. So yes, you’d be using a bathroom that costs more than most people’s entire retirement funds.