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by vz8 1961 days ago
"The Inspiration4 crew will receive commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft, orbital mechanics, operating in microgravity, zero gravity, and other forms of stress testing. They will go through emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial and full mission simulations"

I would give my

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... PS5 ...

to be one of the chosen astronauts.

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So you'd pay ~$500? I suspect you'd be outbid.
I wonder how expensive they'd have to make the training (just the training, not the actual trip to space) to break even on that, and whether that would be a viable commercial side project.
I would give my...Stadia...to be one!