Jorge R. Frank wrote:

This is not "capitalism". It is "state corporatism". Though there are
many anti-capitalists who would like to blur the distinction.

It's whatever the market will bear.
They will have a monopoly on crew travel to and from the ISS once the
Shuttle retires till some other manned system can be brought on line, so
they can charge whatever they like come 2013 and anyone who wants to
travel to the station can either meet their price or simply not go.
In pure laissez-faire capitalism there's nothing wrong with a monopoly
at all; in fact it's a invitation for competitors to develop lower price
or more efficient ways of offering the same services, which advances
overall technology.
Which would work great in a world where all workers made the same wages,
but in this case means that only China would have the ability to
undercut the Russian prices for these launch service.

Pat