even more money if you want to go up into orbit. so i want to make the distinction between this flight, which is basically 15 minutes, it begins and ends, go straight up, goes straight down. that's suborbital. if you want to go up there and stay up there, like the inspiration 4 mission, upcoming missions where private citizens will go to the space station and stay up there for weeks, you add another zero to the price tag or two zeros to the price tag. this is very expensive. and it's led to some criticism that this is just a bunch of rich people going on joyrides. and there's some validity to that. but i want to point out the other side of the coin, which is that nasa has done this on purpose. nasa has encouraged the growth of these commercial industries, because there's a benefit to the u.s. taxpayer. when you have other people, whether they be rich individuals or organizations that are also sharing the cost of these vehicles, whether it be the "new shepard" rocket or the spacex falcon 9 and dragon rocket, that reduces the cost that nasa has to pay.