Why do we need this spaceplane? NOT to go to the ISS. To establish a space industry. You can get up to 6 in a passenger mode, and it will fit on an Atlas V. What about a Falcon 9? As they are similar platforms.
The crew of 6 can stay at a Bigelow spachab. It would be interesting to see how long somebody could stay up in space with recycling of almost everything. This could be practice for a Mars mission as well as tourism.
If the Falcon 9 can become reusable, the cost would be less than $10 million per crew member. Decrease the launch costs by an order of magnitude, and it is down to $1 million. Space manufacturing could be next.
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