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Business $70 million per seat: Is NASA getting ripped off?

$70 million per seat: Now that the Russians have the only vehicle capable of shuttling astronauts to the Space Station, they can charge whatever they want for the ride — and they want $70 million per seat.

By Marcia DunnAssociated Press / April 30, 2013

Mikhail Metzel / AP

NASA is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space, and the agency's leader is blaming Congress for the extra expense.