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Flouride say: nasa can't even send it's own astronauts into space, let alone paying customers. but the russians will give anyone a ride that pays them $100 million dollars.
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tham153 say: NASA has never taken paying customers. Paid customers fly on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. In fact, NASA ha not sent a human into space since Obama grounded the shuttles in 2011, so all Americans in space go aboard a Soyuz.
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Satan Claws say: Forget it.
Try a company such as Virgin Galactic or Blue Origin in a few years. So I suggest you start saving up now. Have a look what they have in mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YJhymiZ...
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Nyx say: Ask someone like Elon Musk. His Spacex is sending 2 paying customers around the Moon in a couple of years.
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CarolOklaNola say: No, and the Russians stopped doing that several years ago. You don't HAVE to be a pilot to be an astronaut, but you DO have to have at least a bachelor's degree and only in with particular majors.. you have to go to astronauts candidate school.
SpaceX's rockets blow part of the time. i think there's been at least one death and several serious injuries.
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Ricki say: Have you looked at NASA's website to see where you buy a ticket?
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Gary B say: For NASA, you must be certified BY NASA, but you do not have to be an astronaut.
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Quadrillian say: You need to be certified if you want to risk being blown up in a launch failure just so you can float around uselessly in space.
Ever thought of getting a hobby? Music? Painting? Pottery? basket making?
Cheers!
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Raymond say: NASA cannot take you to space (no launch vehicles).
There have been "space tourists" in the past, but NASA never took one, even when they had the capability.
All have gone through Russia.
They receive astronaut-type training, quite extensive but not 100% of astronaut training. That is why they are not considered full-fledged astronauts.
There are seven listed on this site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tour...
with one of them having gone twice.
The going price is around 40 million US$.
Soon, there may be some private companies that will accept space tourists.
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Bill say: You might be able to pay SpaceX or the Russian space agency.
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