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Third 'Space Tourist' Blasts Off Into Space

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pricetags-that-make-you-wince dept.

auckland map writes "A Russian Soyuz rocket has lifted off from the Central Asian steppes, launching U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and a new Russian-U.S. crew on a two-day journey to the international space station. Olsen is reportedly paying $20 million for this trip." From the article: "The cash-strapped Russian Federal Space Agency has turned to space tourism to generate money. Olsen is the third non-astronaut to visit the orbiting station. California businessman Dennis Tito paid about $20 million for a week long trip to the space station in 2001, and South African Mark Shuttleworth followed a year later."

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  1. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Larry McVoy really is a dick

  2. Space Travel for the MASSES! by Egorn · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Huzzah! Next thing will be colonization! See Honey! Buying real estate on the moon was a good idea and totally not a waste of money!

    --

    Movie News - "Entertainment news, bitch!"
  3. Mono must blast off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kill the damn thing. If nobody uses it MS and the horrible C# language will die.

    MS sais there is no innovation in open source and that you are all slackers. Just compare the innovation or perl/python vs. the innovation of C#!

    Boycott Mono and Migule.

  4. hey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    are they gonna send that space monkey lance bass back into orbit?

    btw, 9/11 happened on 9/12

    1. Re:hey by VoidWraith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Perhaps in some part of the world, but if you're talking about the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings in New York City, it most definitely was September 11 in this timezone. Way too much film was released that day. My younger brother saw the second one live.

  5. On TV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm reading this while Airplane II is playing behind me.

  6. the offblast happened in Kazakhstan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was Borat around to cover the story for his television show?

  7. One way tourism? by Cruciform · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's pool together and send George and Dick into orbit.
    Will the Russians give us 50% off if we don't want them back?