At least the money’s good

Reuters has an article today on the struggles Russian cosmonauts encounter once they return to Earth after long-duration missions to the ISS. The article includes the opinions of one cosmonaut, Gennady Padalka, has about flying tourists on missions to the ISS: “On the one hand, when a guy comes along with a big sack of money and flies into space while other Earth dwellers can’t do that… of course, it isn’t good. But it’s good financial support.”