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Reputedly, that's what the very first space tourist Dennis Tito paid for his jaunt to the ISS.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/space-tourism-20-year-ann...

The math is a bit different though, since that sum was propping up Roscosmos, which is a government org with opaque accounting and already had everything in place. By contrast, at whatever price Isaacman paid, SpaceX made a clear commercial profit.

Tito flew on Richard Garriott aka Lord British (Ultima series) ticket. Afair the original ticket was $5 mil, but dotcom boom forced Richard into liquidating assets. Space Adventures charged Tito extra.

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