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Space Tourist Simonyi Prepares For Second Flight

Posted by kdawson on from the frequent-blaster-discount dept.

Toren Altair writes "Space Adventures announced today that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., intends to train with the Soyuz TMA-14 crew in preparation for a spring mission in 2009 to the International Space Station. Simonyi flew his first space mission in 2007. He would be the first space tourist to repeat the experience. Space Adventures' sixth orbital spaceflight participant, Richard Garriott, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, is currently scheduled to launch to the ISS on October 12 of this year."

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  1. Shorter Title by kylben · · Score: 2, Funny

    nTripsToSpace++; would have said the same thing more succinctly.

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    1. Re:Shorter Title by jonaskoelker · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, let's be precise here.


      lpszAstronautName = "Simonyi";
      ++nTripsToSpace;
      dZ_EarthAstronaut = cKilometers(36000.0); // not _centi_ kilometers, _class_ kilometers.
      hvsl = cShuttle::m_getSingleton();
      hdst = rgspcstn[I18N];
      hvsl.launch(g_getAstronaut(lpszAstronautName), hdst);