Space tourism yayambiranso
Pofika chaka cha 2017, zonyamula anthu kupita ku International Space Station ziyenera kutengedwa ndi makampani apadera a SpaceX ndi Boeing. Pafupifupi $ 2011 biliyoni m'mapangano a NASA adapangidwa kuti alowe m'malo mwa ma shuttles, omwe adachotsedwa mu XNUMX, ndikudziyimira pawokha kwa aku Russia ndi a Soyuz awo, omwe adalamulira kubweretsa anthu ku ISS kuyambira pomwe ma shuttle adachotsedwa.
Kusankhidwa kwa SpaceX, komwe kwakhala kukupereka maroketi ake ndi zombo zonyamula katundu pamalopo kuyambira 2012, sizodabwitsa. Kapangidwe ka kapisozi ka kampani ka DragonX V2, komwe kamayenera kukhala ndi anthu asanu ndi awiri, ndi kodziwika bwino, ndipo kuyesa kwake komanso kuwulutsa koyamba kwa anthu kudakonzedweratu mpaka 2017.
Komabe, ndalama zambiri za $ 6,8 biliyoni (SpaceX ikuyembekezeka kulandira pafupifupi $ 2,6 biliyoni) idzapita ku Boeing, yomwe imagwira ntchito ndi kampani ya rocket yotchedwa Blue Origin LLC yomwe inakhazikitsidwa ndi bwana wa Amazon Jeff Bezos. Boeing-100 Capsule (CST) imakhalanso ndi anthu asanu ndi awiri. Boeing atha kugwiritsa ntchito maroketi a Blue Origin's BE-3 kapena SpaceX's Falcons.
