Russia launches International Space Station HOLIDAYS - for £70m
GETTY The £70m holiday features a spacewalk from the International Space Station
Tourists could potentially venture out of the ISS and carry out their very own spacewalk. But would-be astronauts will need deep pockets as well as a head for heights as the dream voyage carries an astronomical £70 million price-tag. Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russian space company Energia, said: "We are discussing the possibility of sending tourists on spacewalks.
GETTY Tourists could soon be paying to holiday on the International Space Station
Market analysts have confirmed this: wealthy people are ready to pay money for this Vladimir Solntsev
"Market analysts have confirmed this: wealthy people are ready to pay money for this." He said the cost of such a trip could be around £70 million, but "possibly less for the first tourist”. Mr Solntsev said the tourists would be able to "go out on a spacewalk and make a film or a video clip". Energia, which was behind the launch of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin in 1961, is building a new module dubbed NEM-2 to transport tourists to the ISS.
Mr Solntsev said the NEM-2, the name of which is still to be confirmed, will accommodate four to six people. The module will be fitted with "comfortable" cabins, two toilets and internet access, and the company hopes to launch it next year. He said: "Basically it will be comfortable, as much as that is possible in space."
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