Roscosmos plans to build a permanent base on the Moon

According to the head of Roscosmos Anatolia Perminova, the first Russian space tourist travel to the ISS in 2009. Who is this not a tourist Perminov said.

Remember that today Roskosmos sent to the ISS already five commercial tourists, who spent 10 days in orbit, for which he paid 20 to 25 million dollars.

According to Perminova, with a potential of Russian tourists so far is not complete.

"All that I can say is that this is a serious, respected businessman. Moreover, young, "Perminov said.

Recall that last Roskosmos sent into space American tourist Charles Simonyi.

Today, we know only that the Russians paid flight asked Sergei Polonsky, head of the construction firm Mirax Group, and Eugene Ischenko, a former mayor of Volgograd. But none of them agreed to pay 20 million dollars for the flight.

According to Erik Anderson, executive director of the company Space Adventures, a commercial parties involved in issues relating to flights to the ISS on Russian spacecraft, the cost of "ticket" to the ISS in the near future will be substantially increased.

Until now commercial flight to the ISS with a Russian crew cost 20 to 25 million U.S., but by the end of this year the value of the contracts will rise to 30 million dollars, in the 2008-2009 year, the ticket cost is 40 million dollars.

Anderson said that the main reason for increases in the cost of the flight is the depreciation of the dollar. For example, when the contracts were first commercial flights in 2002 for $ 1 given 32 years, and is now working with the dollar below the mark of 25.5 rubles.

In addition, negotiations are under way with potential lunar tourists, but the moon flight already cost 100 million dollars. Flights to the Moon to do with the spacecraft Soyuz.