US Has Spent Billion Paying Russia to Fly Astronauts to the International Space Station
US space explorers have added up exactly how much money has gone to buy ‘seats’ on Soyuz vehicles, as its partners SpaceX and “overpaid” Boeing failed to meet the deadlines on NASA’s manned spaceflight programs.
Over the past two decades, NASA spent $3.9 billion transporting 70 astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) on Soyuz spacecraft, the agency revealed in its audit report, published on Thursday.
US Has Spent Billion Paying Russia to Fly Astronauts to the International Space Station
Source: RI