Space tourist blasts off!!
01-10-2005, 10:02
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Space tourist blasts off!!
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Originally Posted by BBC News
Fare-paying "space tourist" Gregory Olsen has blasted off on a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station.
His rocket streaked into the clear blue sky at Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site at 0955 local time (0355GMT). The US businessman and scientist is taking a 10-day trip to the ISS. He is the third person to holiday there.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4298814.stm
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01-10-2005, 10:06
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
Wow !!!
He's one lucky guy. I'd love to see the earth from Space.
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01-10-2005, 10:32
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And alongside nearly four dozen scientific experiments to be conducted on the station, the two men will do some commercial filming for a Japanese TV advert about instant noodles.
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01-10-2005, 10:38
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
Ahahha trust the Jap's gotta love there originality on things eh?
I wish I could be on that rocket.
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01-10-2005, 11:39
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
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Originally Posted by Halcyon
Wow !!!
He's one lucky guy. I'd love to see the earth from Space.
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You said it! :-)
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01-10-2005, 13:35
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
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Originally Posted by Halcyon
He's one lucky guy.
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No, just very, *VERY* rich...! 
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01-10-2005, 13:42
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
Richer than the dreams of avris 
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01-10-2005, 13:48
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
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Originally Posted by marky
Richer than the dreams of avris |
Who's Avris?
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01-10-2005, 14:01
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Re: Space tourist blasts off!!
Mind you with his cash I would want to have Jessica Alba accompany me there. 
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01-10-2005, 14:55
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Originally Posted by Graham
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Ok avarice, allways one aint there 
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