From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   With a quizzical look, Greg (Strider) Moore observed:   
   > "Snidely"  wrote in message news:mn.64387e5726c543c3.127094@snitoo...   
   >>   
   >>JF Mezei speculated:   
   >>> BTW, I find that Tito, Shuttleworth and Guy Laliberté's COMMERCIAL   
   >>> flights to ISS were far more significant than this small joyride to   
   >>> nowhere.   
   >>   
   >>Nope, limited to billionaires and corporately sponsored special choices, and   
   >> with much more training requirements.   
   >>   
   >>> Ironically made possible by Shuttle creating spare capacity on Soyuz,   
   >>> and I would assume that this may restart now that Crew Dragon is a   
   >>> reality.   
   >>   
   >>Crew Dragon already has commercial passengers scheduled, but still out of   
   >> reach without big bucks or corporate sponsorship.  The number of movies   
   >> shot at the space station is still limited by theatrical release schedules,   
   >> not storage on your iPhone.   
   >>   
   >>> But tourism to ISS also depends on need to rotate ships.  In the past   
   >>> you had a visiting crew with new ship and returning on old after staying   
   >>> a few days at the ISS Hilton.  But if ships now stay with the crews,   
   >>> there there are no longer short duration trips posisble with crews just   
   >>> switching the ships and coming back.   
   >>   
   >>I don't see any problem with a short duration trip if you're paying for the   
   >> Crew Dragon flight.  Docking ports may be a limitation, though.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Actually it's already scheduled:   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom_Mission_1   
      
   There are a few windows where there is a docking port available, but   
   always having a Crew Dragon for the Expediton teams, and with   
   additional cargo vessels, makes for some challenges.   
      
   /dps   
      
      
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