NASA said it will pay $400 million more for cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) starting in 2020, thanks in part to a 50 percent price increase from supplier SpaceX. On top of that, the ISS will receive six fewer tons of cargo, so on a cost-per-pound basis, prices will rise by 14 percent for the second phase of commercial resupply (CRS-2) missions between 2020 and 2024. The information comes from a new NASA audit, and reveals new details about the 2016 bidding for CRS-2 missions.
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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-price-hikes-iss-cargo-131400134.html
If you have been following the space flight hype, you know that private launch companies have been saying prices will come way down and even be comparable with the prices for today's air travel.
Why then are these prices going UP? It sure looks like somebody is fibbing.
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