This upstart is selling tickets for a SpaceX trip to the world's first private space station
Vast has started selling tickets for its first crewed mission and wants its customers to come from domestic or international space agencies or wealthy individuals involved in science and philanthropy. Passengers to the private space station will receive training to execute emergency procedures inside SpaceX's rocket, the Haven capsule, and be provided with a spacesuit and rations for the trip.
"Vast is thrilled to embark on this journey of launching the world's first commercial space station, Haven-1, and its first crew, Vast-1," McCalebin a statement."We are grateful to SpaceX for this exciting partnership that represents the first steps in Vast's long-term vision of launching much larger, artificial gravity space stations in Earth orbit and beyond."
"A commercial rocket launching a commercial spacecraft with commercial astronauts to a commercial space station is the future of low-Earth orbit, and with Vast we're taking another step toward making that future a reality," enthused Tom Ochinero, senior vice president of commercial business at SpaceX.
Vast isn't the only company that wants to build private, commercial space stations. Axiom Space is currently constructing components for its first module, designed to attach to the International Space Station and launch in late 2025. "Vast's mission is to enable a future where millions of people are living across the solar system," McCaleb"The solar system has an incredible amount of resources. If we had access to those resources, our civilization could grow and thrive while preserving our planet," he added."Once large populations of humans can live in space, we can create the industry and infrastructure needed to access those resources at-scale.
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