BBCNEWS BBC News December 9, 2021 21:39:00
The first tourist russia had taken into space in more than a decade. the exact price for the trip remained a secret but some speculate he may have spent somewhere in the region of $50 million for his high—altitude holiday. space tourism is a relatively new business. it was in 2001 that russia flew the first tourist into space. the american entrepreneur dennis tito. ten years later, nasa retired its shuttle programme and needed to use russian rockets to reach the space station which meant there was no room for any cosmic tourists. but in 2020 with the successful docking of elon musk�*s spac...