Financial Overview of Space hotel

The total finance of the space hotel is calculated on the basis of the number of customers
available for the space hotel and cost of operation.

Estimation on number of potential customers

On the basis of total cost of the space hotel the cost of buying a ticket is 50 M$FY16. It
is possible to buy tickets only by High-Net-Worth-Individuals. There are about 117500
persons who are capable of buying a ticket. Among these only 1-2% of 117500 persons
will buy a ticket. Because some people think that going to space hotels is dangerous or
physically not fit to safely complete space trips. Assuming that the number of customers
is limited and the number of High-Net-Worth-Individuals does not increase greatly in the
next 15 years the space hotel programme will have enough customers for at least 12.5
years.

Estimation on total Space Hotel Programme cost

To determine the cost for a ticket to the space hotel we need to calculate the total cost
for the 15 years of operations. The total cost is divided up in three different parts.

First, the Space hotel construction cost, which includes the development and
construction of the modules, the launches, and the payloads on the basis of ISS module
cost of the ESA and NASA modules. Table 1 shows the construction costs.

Cost [FY2016M$] %

Modules 1210 45

Payloads 770 30

Launches 630 25

Total 2610 100

TabTable 1. Total construction cost

The second cost is the operational cost. This includes the required training for all
astronauts which includes maintenance, crew and construction, the ground control
personnel salaries and the manpower required to facilitate all operations. Table 2.
shows the operational cost.

Cost [FY2016M$] %

Crew 204 54

Personnel 166 43

Ground control 11 3

Total 381 100

Table 2. Yearly operational cost

The last section is the total launch cost per year. This includes all the launches required
throughout the year. The expected number of visit missions is 25 per year, for supply
and upkeep missions. The budget is shown in Table 3.

Cost [FY2016M$] %

Visit mission 2625 96

Upkeep mission 50 2

Supply mission 40 2

Total 2715 100

Table 3. Yearly lTable 3. Yearly launch cost

An overview of the costs combined is given in Table 4.

Cost [FY2016M$] %

Construction 2610 5

Operations 5715 12

Launches 40875 83

Total 49215 100

Table 4. Overall launch cost