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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. Re:Quit hogging the Soyuz! by isBandGeek() · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I suspect the demand for space tourism is rather low at the current price. Not everyone would drop $20 million on a flight even if they had the money.

  2. Re:Son of NASA astronaut? by lysergic.acid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yes, perhaps being an astronaut _is_ cooler than being a legendary game developer (depends on how legendary, really), but being the son of an astronaut is not more noteworthy than actually being the developer of Ultima.

    it's rather insulting to refer to someone by their relations when they've already made a name for themselves based on their own merits.