FOX News: Skyrocketing inflation: Russia now charging NASA $70 million per seat to fly US astronauts

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Skyrocketing inflation: Russia now charging NASA $70 million per seat to fly US astronauts Apr 30th 2013, 17:23 Published April 30, 2013 Associated Press March 28, 2013: A Russian Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying a new crew to the International Space Station.NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –  NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space. NASA announced its latest contract with the Russian Space Agency on Tuesday. The $424 million represents flights to and from the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft, as well as training, for six astronauts in 2016 and 2017. That's $70.6 million per seat — well above the previous price tag of about $63 million. Several U.S. companies are working on rockets and spacecraft to launch Americans from U.S. soil. But that's still a few years away. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says if Congress had approved the space agency's request for more funding for its commercial space effort, this contract would have been unnecessary. Related Stories Here's why it's a great time to buy a new TV Virgin Galactic spaceship makes history Mysterious Hebrew stone depicts archangel Gabriel Archaeologists plan more digs at Richard III site Branson plans orbital spaceships for Virgin Galactic, 2014 trips flights

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