# How much would you pay to go to space? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156 "2021-06-13T02:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/1 "2021-06-13T02:22:56Z")
So there was a recent auction to be the third passenger in a future space flight ($28 million) Assuming you deemed it reasonably safe (I dunno, maybe not as safe as commercial flight, but definitely safer than climbing Everest) How much would you pay for: 1. A suborbital flight to 50 miles (Air Force astronaut wing definition) 2. A suborbital flight to 100 km ( Kármán line) 3. An orbital weekend (two nights) assume snug but private (sleeping bag + curtain) (OK food) 4. Orbital weekend, room just enough for you + SO (good but not gourmet food) 5. Orbital week, small cruise ship size room (cruise ship or better food) Assume in all cases that there are windows to view stuff (except maybe #3 when sleeping) I don’t know if I would go over $250 for #1. Maybe $500 for #2. Maybe $10,000 for #3 for a big “once in a lifetime” splurge Thoughts? Brian ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/2 "2021-06-13T02:37:19Z")
Probably $25k or so for Option 5…Maybe 10 times that once my kids are done with college. ETA: Option 3 or 4 would be the same. I can’t distinguish value on something no one’s ever done, but I know what a responsible amount would be for me. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/3 "2021-06-13T02:37:26Z")
[quote=“N9IWP, post:1, topic:944156”] - A suborbital flight to 50 miles (Air Force astronaut wing definition) $0 - A suborbital flight to 100 km ( Kármán line) $0 - An orbital weekend (two nights) assume snug but private (sleeping bag + curtain) (OK food) $2,000 - Orbital weekend, room just enough for you + SO (good but not gourmet food) $5,000 - Orbital week, small cruise ship size room (cruise ship or better food) $0 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/4 "2021-06-13T02:49:09Z")
I don’t even like to fly, so put me down for _‘You need to pay me a whole Metric Butt-Load’._ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/5 "2021-06-13T03:30:19Z")
$0. I wouldn’t go into space if you paid _me._ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/6 "2021-06-13T04:39:09Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Orbital weekend, room just enough for you + SO > (good but not gourmet food) 15K > [@N9IWP](#): > > Orbital week, small cruise ship size room > (cruise ship or better food) 25K I wouldn’t go without my husband. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/7 "2021-06-13T11:49:31Z")
Based on recent events with bridges, airplanes, supply lines, pipelines, etc., I question whether the US is competent to build a working clock radio – much less a passenger spacecraft. So no, there’s no amount I would pay, nor any amount you could pay me to go up today. Space tourism is likely to be nature’s way of limiting the population of billionaires. Not wishing for it, but it wouldn’t surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/8 "2021-06-13T12:00:28Z")
You could offer me the £28m and I still wouldn’t go. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/9 "2021-06-13T16:12:54Z")
You would almost have to make it a percentage of what you are currently earning, I would think. A billionaire would be more likely to pay millions, a millionaire would be more likely to pay something in the high five to low six figures, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-to-go-to-space/944156/10 "2021-06-13T16:55:50Z")
I’d be willing to part with half my savings to spend a week in orbit, but no more (whatever level my savings is at the moment.) …I’d bankrupt the space-tourist company.