Would you pay $20 million to ride into space? I might, if I had $550 million, like this lady. Still, you’d think they could get you to the moon . . .
UPDATE: She isn’t the first space tourist — just the first female space tourist. Thanks to Sam for the correction; I have fixed the post title.
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If I had the money, i’d at least consider it.
aphrael (3bacf3) — 9/16/2006 @ 11:48 pmShe isn’t the first. Dennis Tito went up in 2001, and some earlier payload specialists on the Shuttle were arguably space tourists.
Sam (330c25) — 9/17/2006 @ 9:47 am