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Here is the stratospheric cost of Katy Perry’s trip for 11 minutes in space

Here is the stratospheric cost of Katy Perry’s trip for 11 minutes in space
Here is the stratospheric cost of Katy Perry’s trip for 11 minutes in space
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An astronomical sum

But how much does such a trip cost? In theory, the prices charged by the space firm are exorbitant (normal to send us in orbit?). But, as reported here: “A non -refundable deposit of $ 150,000 is required to reserve its place. In 2021, the first auction seat for a seat on a New Shepard flight had left $ 28 million (Or nearly 25 million euros, editor’s note)“. More recently, other astronauts have paid up to $ 1 million to live the experience.

The magazine continues its investigation. According to Loizos Heracleous, professor of strategy at Warwick Business School in the Kingdom, “Each launch of the New Shepard rocket would return between $ 1 and $ 3 million. With only six seats available, this requires an average cost of $ 500,000 per passenger to make the operation profitable in the long term.”

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(Big) luxury? “”For the moment, Blue Origin is quite discreet on the exact amount, but the estimates are around 1.2 to 1.3 million dollars per person “, declared Marie-Ange Sangy, editor-in-chief Space and exploration, at BFMTV.

Finally, for the record, Katy Perry would have been invited and would therefore not have spent a single dollar. At least, according to his statements to the magazine She. “I was looking for all possible commercial options. Even when Blue Origin was talking about business trips to space, I said to myself : ‘Register me, I am the first in the queue.’ And then, they me, and I understood that I received an invitation “.

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