Its not long since billionaires were competing to get to the edge ofspace.
The mission is planned to last ten days, eight of which will be on the ISS.
With the high altitude and long duration, the preparations have been lengthy.
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Although with such a short mission, these risks are exceptionally low.
Blue Origins New Shepherd spacecraft landing with parachutes.
This resulted in the MCC-A (Mission Control Centre Axiom) being validated as apayload operations siteby Nasa.
Although if you are thinking of a stereotypical suited investor going into space, then think again.
This is a very positive and welcome step forwards.
If private researchers are willing to do the same then it heralds an age of accelerated research and technology.
The total mass of a 420 tonnes space station simply isnt feasible to launch into space in one trip.
For comparison, this is the same as launching 70James Webb Space Telescopesat once.
It took over ten years and 30 launches to finish the ISS.
Instead, they would be wise to focus on renting private space and performing open access research.
