3 rich businessmen who went on a 10 day space trip - here's how much they paid!
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Tourism
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, owned by Elon Musk, one of the world's richest men, took off from the Kennedy space launch site in the United States yesterday. Of these, one former astronaut and 3 businessmen have gone into space. They arrived at the International Space Station this morning in orbit around the Earth.
NASA, the US space agency, and SpaceX, a US startup, are working together on this historic project.
Entrepreneurs
He is joined by American real estate tycoon Larry Connor on the trip. A native of the US state of Ohio, he has a net worth of $ 3.5 billion. He was accompanied by Canadian businessman Mark Pathy and Israeli businessman and former fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe.
Leadership
The mission is being led by former NASA astronaut Lopez-Alegria. Lopez, 63, worked at NASA from 1995 to 2007. He has flown 4 times during this period.
It has been announced that Lopez, who has experience in space travel, will coordinate the journey with these entrepreneurs.
How much is the fee?
The entrepreneurs paid $ 55 million each for a 10-day voyage to the International Space Station. Axiom has been involved for the past few years in a project to take tourists into space. Based on this, Axiom has successfully embarked on its first journey.
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