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Mobile phones (then cell phones) used to be only for the rich. Now cellphones are dirt cheap. When Starship is doing point-to-point flights, I expect tickets in the low thousands of dollars, rather then tens of millions. And when that happens, I will be one of those joyriders.

It'll be interesting to see how much demand there will be for private SpaceX Dragon missions either to LEO or to the ISS. Not only is the estimated $50m plus price tag a big ask for most people, there's a significant commitment to be made for all the training that would be required in advance.

Ellie, the time will come when most of us will be able to fly with SpaceX.

If BO is 30 million I'd be springing for the extra 20 million for SpaceX

Here's a couple of bucks towards getting Ellie into space.

You are my favourite space content creator

We will see Ellie in Space 🙂 In a starship! Go Ellie, Elon & thanks to Eric Best wishes to you all

Nicely done ❤❤ 50 million is a drop in a bucket compared to what has to be built to accomplish this 😊

Ellie, you're the best !

The Russian Space Agency used to sell rides to the ISS for $60 million, if I remember correctly. Since SpaceX is always saying they are more efficient than the Russians, they should charge less.

No comparison between non-orbital and orbital flights (in my opinion). Edit: yes Ellie this was a good episode I enjoyed it and you did great research 👍🏻. That's why I keep coming back to your channel 🥰 apologize if my comment how about (no comparison) seemed negative. Actually you showed us that there is a pretty good comparison. 450 k versus 50 mil.

Nice video Ellie and funny too!

Your Bespoke promo code almost looked like "LEGIT" at first glance. Awesome.

Fun video. Just one nit-picking comment: You said that Blue Origin had auctioned off a seat for $28 million, "over 100 times what Virgin Galactic is charging." If VG charges $450 thousand, then $28M is only about 62 times that, not over 100 times.

Early adopter tax. Space tourism is when you go and get nothing done. Paying for progress, isn't space tourism, It's space exploration. Exploration takes many forms. Economic exploration is one of them.

Thanks Ellie. Wishing you the best.❤

i find the comparison with blue origin a bit rough, blue origin with a few minutes of weightlessness versus 6-7 days in real orbit?:D

all blue origin is is just a souped up parachute drop ride. i think you can get one of those without taking 12G.

Wow! You´re so sweet! Great info. Thanks a lot. Go girl! much love from Acapulco.

Hell , I don't want to just go to space, were do I sign up to go to Mars.

Thanks, Ellie!

Ellie, you are brilliant. You "made my day!"

If purchased in bulk, 15 or 20 flights over 3 years, the prices could be reduced, even more. Hopefully, after 2 to 5 private stations are in orbit, this will happen. Axiom Space is in a position to make this happen.

Marcus House if you're on speed, Ellie in Space if you just rolled a scoobie....😉❤

Space tourism has been unjustifiably and mistakenly ignored in the space community. It's going to be a HUGE driver of space exploration and development going forward. Absolutely massive.

Did you survive the storm down there in Houston ok.

I choose SpaceX!, but I will have to start cutting back on Starbucks coffee. However, since I don't drink Starbucks coffee, I will probably never save up enough...

Even if you have money but to ride SpaceX dragon, you have to went through a lengthy training too. I think not many tourist (especially wealthy one) want to go through that.

I love my IFT3 shirt, and I listened to the ad!

Ooh SHOCKING!!! WoW

Hmm... sounds like a GoFundMe or Kickstarter is in order so you can beat Tim (Everyday Astronaut) to space 😅

Great Video ! With the Boeing Starliner launching soon to the ISS the cost to LEO the prices will rise slower or maybe start to drop in cost ! With the ISS going into retirement soon after 2030, the new stations must start launching soon ! A new low inclination LEO CSS heading East from the KSC with a Fuel Depot nearby is a great location ! The SpaceX Crew Dragon, the Boeing Starliner and the Sierra Space Crew Dream Chaser launching to the LEO CSS can carry a Crew with Space Tourists of four to six or seven passengers to the LEO station ! With six or seven passengers to the station, the cost of a trip to LEO may decline a modest amount ! Once a LS Fuel Depot is in operation at the South Pole Lunar Outpost/Base (Clementine Base) the cost of a Lunar mission will be reduced by a large amount from the NASA SLS Lunar Gateway missions ! The Tech developed to return to the moon to stay, can take US and the world to Mars and beyond ! tjl

Hopefully I'll be able to take a trip in my lifetime.

I guess any discussion of ticket prices probably has to start with the cost of launching. Several years ago Musk was talking about getting launch costs to at least low earth orbit down to $16M per launch. I assume that target has been achieved with boosters reusable 20x, and now SpaceX is trying to get some kind of certification for 40x. A Falcon crew capsule though only has 4 seats for now although it's large enough to stuff many more. Virgin Galactic and I think Blue Origin only take passengers to the edge of space and not clearly into orbital space. I expect that although SpaceX flights have the potential to last any length of time depending on possibly meeting up with an orbital station like the ISS or some other permanently orbiting destination, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin flights can't last more than a few hours total to experience weightlessness for maybe 15 minutes and then a return to earth. Because everything is likely reusable a large number of times, costs are probably minimal but number of passengers per flight wouldn't be many... maybe 8 at most. Although I heard somewwhere that Virgin Galactic has run into cash flow problems and may not still exist, Blue Origin supposedly is long delayed as well. If Blue Origin purchases ULA as rumored, maybe that could be a shot in the arm overcoming obstacles and start moving Blue Origin forward again.

Poitically correct pricing for Blue Origin -- what a surprise!

epic loads of dog/cat hair on your hoodie! I own a few airbnb rentals, and dog hair is the bane of my existence. I want the place spotless between each set of guests, so that groups without dogs don't feel they're staying in a 'pet-friendly' place. luv ya Ellie, but you would be a nightmare guest, lol! extra cleaning charges, just for you :)

12:40 - So that means that both SpaceX and Blue Origin have proof that the In Flight Abort systems of their human rated vehicles function properly, and while it'd be a physically straining event for anyone who happened to experience it in the future, just the knowledge that these systems work, would lower the stress level of anyone planning on flying in these vehicles. Meanwhile, at Boeing,....

The high altitude balloon would be the best value right now...

I like the IFT3 design. I looked at your store. I didn't see it. Will it be available on a mug?

Ellie .... for SpaceX Tourism, I can see SpaceX re-installing the other 3 or 4 seats, that NASA reused to allow for CCM (Commercial Crew Mission) flights. SpaceX can modify Dragon for (1) 90 minute trip around Earth, then do a return splashdown off the Florida Coast or Hawaii or San Diego (a 2-for-1 deal). For a Commercial Tourism flight with Starship, SpaceX can begin with a passenger complement of 7, that work it up to more.

“If you have to ask how much?” Then you can’t afford it.

You're right Ellie, Air Travel used to only be for the wealthy. Once Starship is operational, the cost will come down a hundred fold. In the area of sub $100k eventually.

I think private Dragon missions will be far more attractive to corporations than individuals. The idea that they can select an astronaut and carry specific research to orbit when before they had to get on a waiting list for an ISS mission and hope for the best will be a big deal for some companies. I don't think actual space tourism in orbit is here yet. That will take maturation of Starship as well as private space stations being constructed to really take off. Until then it will be corporations and the odd very wealthy individual paying for these rides.

How about starting a go Fund Me to buy Ellie a seat .....??

I've just paid for a trip to Proxima Centauri .

Does it disturb the ad revenue if I put the video speed on double?

So plane flights are about 1/5th the cost now. That would put the future retail cost for a flight at around $10million. Still not cheap.

For the price you're paying they let you keep the space suit. So that's why I think that for the common people a colab between the 3D-model rocket company and Ellie in Space to make a 3D printed SpaceX helmet and an Ellie in Space suit that looks a lot like a SpaceX IVA suit with a USA flag patch on one shoulder and a Ellie In Space patch on the other shoulder (but in reality is just a hoodie with sweat pants) would be interesting merch. Matching gloves would be harder to pull of, but yeah

In the future there will be a commercial space station/hotel & companies like blue origin & rocket lab will fly people up there & back...

13:33 social credit score is a thing! lol

So, are you starting a kickstarter to scrape together the money for a ticket? 😉

Love the content thanks 👍 But you forget to mention the next-level commitment with SpaceX joyride, which requires substantial training that lasted weeks, unlike virgin galactic, like a 3 hours course 😜

Did I saw Sarah Gillis in this Clip,working for blue origin ,I didn't know this.

🎶"Fly me to the Moon"🎶

You could check how much NASA and Roscosmos pay per seat

BO and Axiom have both flown astronauts from other countries (I think it was the same Italian astronaut, actually). I believe that this might be the trend we will see with SpaceX. A country such as India, who has their own manned spaceflight aspirations, might decide to book a SpaceX mission as a way to qualify their astronauts and claim it as a "national" mission (i.e. ISRO, ESA, etc.). At around $240 million for the entire capsule, that is not that much money for a national program.

they have to make IV suit so start with this and the time 10,000 per pound of what you and your supplies etc. that will give you the raw cost of you. me? i couldn't afford it at my weight. lol

All I really want to know is how the space suit works. Especially given them NASA can't design a new one for the moon themselves

Lol, I see a cat owner judging from back of that hoodie.

I would love to watch you fly to space on dragon.

I wait for the one way ticket to Mars. That will be my last ticket.

Love my new IFT 3 T-SHIRT. ❤😁🌴🚀🚀🚀

Well, the lower the price comes down, the larger the market. If they get it down to 100 000 USD or 50 000 USD, there is going to be a much larger pool of people available than 4-500 000 USD.

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You didn't mention that Vast Space announced that their Haven-1 commercial lab will be launching on Falcon 9 late 2025 and will be serviced with the Dragon. So by early b2026 you might have a new destination in LEO

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Virgin needs to step up their game

ISS is a bottleneck, which will not allow for more than two privat missions a year. More orbital plattforms are coming soon. Some with special hotel modules. Let's see how that might fix prices.

To get a cheaper flying ticket, Ellie, you should also think about losing weight ! 😁😂😊

I do not know why I am blocked from your twitter account. Private missions should drop by a factor of ten on Starship. If set up with rows of seats for point-to-point SpaceX was once claiming that the ticket cost would not be much more than a first-class air ticket.

I'm just curious what the travel insurance premium will be or if any insurance company will take on these spacefarers.

for $55M do I get to keep the suit?

Thank you Delta airlines

Title is deceiving, the cost isn't revealed.

I mean... the cat hair :)

Well NASA was paying around $60 million for a seat on the Soyuz a few years ago so i wouldn't be surprised if SpaceX charged at least that today, possibly more. One way "ordinary folk" might stand a chance to get a seat would be through a lottery system, i'd happily pay $20 for a ticket for the chance, just need another 3 million people to do the same.. 😉

🤔....I'm not sure tourism is really the goal here. That they are offering transport to ISS makes me think this offering is really intended for commercial and State passengers more than tourist. I mean there are various Nation States who are eligible to fly on a Crew Dragon, but do not have manned spaceflight capability themselves. Those States may see a 55ish million a seat ticket to LEO or ISS as a very good deal to get their Astronauts in space. Currently if a country who wants to go to ISS has to join a NASA crew. That has a huge set of commitments and cost attached to it and your participation will always be a low priority to NASA. Moreover whatever you want to do will have fit in NASA's priorities and will need their approval. If instead Companies and States book passage with SpaceX for what is officially a private commercial mission they can cutout a lot of red tape, commitments and cost. If the Mission doesn't involve ISS there is no reason for NASA to be involved at all. This again could make Crew Dragon very attractive to Commercial and State customers wanting to conduct manned activity in LEO.

1:01 "How much are these tickets, I'm going to tell you." 17:10 "No prices have been listed." I just watched the video for 19 minutes based on a lie!

Hmm, SpaceX charges the USA 55 million dollars to the iss. But as low as 50 million to launch a payload. 220 million per launch of 4 astronauts. I cannot see why 170 million more for crew dragon. 70 or 80 million for 4 astronauts seems more reasonable.

You know what the real waste is? 20 minutes to say a number...

Do you have the price NASA paid for each Gemini seat ? SpaceX are just getting started. After they get confident on their reusability price is likely to come down ….

I thought Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was the first black astronaut?? He died in a plane crash so never flew in space but yea I thought he was first.

Ellie, didn't you blow chunks on the vomit comet?

SpaceX is using airline pricing. Want a seat, how much money do you have? If SpaceX has seats available and someone has too much money, they should get together.

This is the company that by this year would have begun colonisation of Mars. Dear Ellie you are stuck in Earth. Elysium is not for you. I don't think you will get a ticket selling bespokepost.

So how much is it??? You never say???

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Start a fund me account Ellie for a Starship to space which if each subscriber could contribute a buck you would nearly have a quarter of the 400k ! I say that would be a great down payment to get you a ride .

Your tone seemed a lot more negative on Blue origin than it was on Virgin Galactic.

Its going to be a long long time before the middle class can afford to fly in space. They talk about humans becoming multiplanetary-sure-but only for PHD's and the rich. There has been a microscopic amount of ordinary people who have flown in space and that's going to be the case for at least the next century.

Starship will drastically lower those costs!

Ellie! #1 Sorry to say, loose the #20 you gained. #2 Where is the price you eluded to in the title?

Even Elon Musk cannot afford it! Musk not be paid in his Tesla employment since 2018!😂

that shirt is FULL of hair

I can barely afford my ISP, why do you think KZfaq is my only entertainment.

Ellie, one of the quickest ways to LOSE viewership and sub's is to start using the words "SHOCKING" and "TERRIFYING" because the cost of American astronauts or civilians to ride on a F9 and crew dragon is well known and just the cost of doing rocket flight business.

It' pronounced poo-keeh. Best poke. Hawaiian word. It's not japanese.

I gave you a thumbs down. This is not for the space content but for the blatant commercialism in trying to force crap on us that we neither want nor need.

Who cares about space...waste of money. Useless waste of money. How about you bring supersonic back