This SpaceX launch will open the door to more business in space: ‘It’s a massive market’
Scheduled to head to space on Sunday: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts, from left, mission specialist Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover and Crew Dragon Cmdr. The first crewed launch was a test — a demonstration mission to prove that SpaceX’s capsule could safely transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and back home again. On Sunday, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon craft is set to carry three NASA astronauts and one Japanese astronaut to the space station for a six-month mission. “It’s like asking the question in 1995 of how much can the internet be worth,” said Amir Blachman, chief business officer of Houston-based Axiom Space, a company that trains private astronauts and manages their missions to the space station. “It’s a massive market,” he said, with “billions of dollars of opportunities in the coming decade.” Already, NASA is making arrangements to accommodate more commercial activities on the space station.
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