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Singer Reportedly Outbids NASA for Space Tourist's Seat

Posted by samzenpus on from the money-well-spent dept.

RocketAcademy writes "ABC News is reporting that Phantom of the Opera singer/actress Sarah Brightman outbid NASA for a seat on a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. Brightman reportedly paid more than $51 million. If that story is true, there may be some interesting bidding wars in the future."

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  1. Re:Music Video by Aryeh+Goretsky · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hello,

    Relevant: Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper

    Warning: Extremely cheesy.

    Regards,

    Aryeh Goretsky

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    Dexter is a good dog.
  2. Re:Np. 90% docking fee. by kellymcdonald78 · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's OK, the Soyuz capsules dock on the Russian side of ISS (which is also the side with most of the command and control capability) Think of ISS as the self contained Mir 2 with US, European and Japanese modules attached. The Russian side is fully capable of operating without the other components, the US side not so much (as congress cut several key US modules)

  3. Again a bad sumary... by DerekLyons · · Score: 4, Informative

    Again, a bad summary... Sarah Brightman didn't "outbid" NASA, as they weren't in competition for the same seat. Nor did she "bump" a NASA astronaut from a bought-and-paid-for seat. She paid for a spare seat more than NASA does for it's scheduled seat, in the same way that someone who buys a ticket at the last minute pays more than someone who bought a ticket three months in advance.
     
    So no, this is no indication that there are bidding wars on the horizon. Just more bad journalism and more bad summaries.