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Space Tourism Gets Another Passenger
Lothar+0 writes to tell us MSNBC is reporting that Daisuke Enomoto will be the next passenger to visit the international space station. Daisuke is a former executive of 'Livedoor' and creator of DICE-K who now lives in Hong Kong as a private investor. Apparently a long time self proclaimed fanboy of the Gundam anime series Daisuke says he will be dressing up as "Char Aznable" if the Russian agency will allow him to.
Who said anything about menial labor? There are plenty of people with white-collar-type jobs that don't make near $50,000. However, you don't typically get rich by wasting your time playing videogames, watching television and engaging in cosplay. I don't think they tend to be extremely into sports, either (unless it's a sport that involves spending a lot of time with other rich guys, networking - like a skybox at a basketball game or golf memberships).
Seriously, the only rich people you see at basketball games tend to be actors, musicians and directors. When was the last time you saw a CEO (of the level that has 20 million spare bucks to go to space with) attend lots of laker's games?
And yes, I do think anime fans are somehow mentally deficient. Though I do like me some cowboy bebop (begrudgingly).