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Heaven help me -- but I think it's a kick-ass idea. The Crimson Comet shall have his revenge! Seig Zeon!

The actual AFP story

1 posted on 10/17/2005 7:59:28 PM PDT by B-Chan
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The third civilian to pay for a space flight, US millionaire businessman Greg Olsen, returned to Earth on Tuesday in the Soyuz space capsule.

The 60-year-old American paid Space Adventures 20 million dollars for a seat aboard the capsule and eight days of gazing down at the Earth from the International Space Station, 230 miles (370 kilometers) up.

He was preceded into space by two other millionaire tourists, American Dennis Tito in 2001 and South African Mark Shuttleworth the following year.

So the Russians are selling seats for $20 million per customer. Take that, Disneyworld!

2 posted on 10/17/2005 8:11:43 PM PDT by xJones
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