Posted on 06/30/2003 5:52:36 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Dozens of Britain's multi-millionaires will gather in London next month to compete for a prize that is "out of this world".
At stake is a place on the world's first entirely commercial space mission, a visit to the International Space Station (ISS), and the title of Britain's first ever space tourist. At £12m, the full board, en suite "holiday" will not come cheap, but there is no shortage of takers.
The American company behind the project, Space Adventures, will hold a party in the capital in a fortnight, where more than 50 of the nation's wealthiest individuals will be briefed on the mission - set to take off from Kazakhstan in early 2005.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.independent.co.uk ...
Dream come true for those lucky bastages...
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