The intended tourist is Mark Shuttleworth who made his fortune from the Internet;
The deal has not yet been signed but he has already started training; It has not yet been announced how much it is
Willing to pay for the flight; The first tourist paid 20 million dollars
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After the controversial flight of the first space tourist, the millionaire Dennis
Tito, a South African billionaire announced this week that he intends to be
The second will take off for a "fun flight" in outer space. The billionaire, Mark
Shuttleworth (note the last name), 27 years old who made his fortune
from information technology intends to reach space courtesy of the space agency
Russian, hunger for Western money.
Shuttleworth said that so far he has undergone an initial training series at the space center
outside Moscow, but has not yet signed a contract with the space agency. He also said that he
"Quite excited", but emphasized that since the deal has not yet been signed there are several more
Candidates competing with him for the coveted spot in the spaceship.
The young billionaire made his fortune from a business he founded in his parents' garage there
Developed information security solutions for the Internet. The company he founded was sold in a year
transferred to the American company for about 300 million dollars. which refuses
The amateur astronaut revealed the amount he offered the Russians for the seat
in their spaceship.
One of the difficulties facing Shuttleworth, beyond negotiating the payment, is interest
Learning the Russian language, which is not his mother tongue. Mastery of the language is a condition
a requirement that he must meet before he can join the mission in space,
In the meantime, he hired an interpreter to help him manage the negotiations with the Russians
and in training.
His predecessor in the tourist seat in the spacecraft was the millionaire Denis Tito who offered to the Russians
A generous offer of 20 million dollars for the organized trip. The flight of
Tito to space greatly upset the American space agency which claimed that it was not
Has undergone sufficient training, in their opinion. NASA tried at the time to delay his flight
of the first space tourist, but in the end Tito went on a trip of eight
Days back to the new space station.
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