The millionaire Dennis Tito who paid 20 million dollars for a flight into space, admitted that he felt nauseous during his vacation; despite hardships, encourages others to follow him; Outline: It's unbelievable to see the world from above; James Cameron is already planning to fly and shoot a documentary in space
The first space tourist, the American millionaire Dennis Tito, admitted that
During his "vacation" he felt a little unwell, but this did not affect his enjoyment
the journey The 60-year-old millionaire from California, who fulfilled his life's ambition
and arrived at the International Space Station yesterday, admitting that he felt slightly nauseous during the process
Flight.
"Once we boarded the satellite (International Space Station), it was no
Unbelievable," Tito told the CNN news network. "To see the earth
from above and the black sky. I felt surprisingly good. But another
So I felt too confident, I drank juice and ate dried cows
And I felt my first 'space sickness'."
Despite the hardships and nausea, the millionaire claims that the trip was worth the tag
the price According to reports, Tito paid the Russian space agency 20 million
A dollar for a round trip ticket to space. Tito expresses hope that
Others will follow. "Unfortunately it is very expensive, but there are others
who can finance the trip, and I would like to encourage that," he said.
The American space agency, NASA, initially opposed Tito's journey
For safety reasons, and she will not allow him to visit the American wings at the station
The space.
Tito took off on Saturday to the space station with two Russian cosmonauts. he
The first person to pay for a space tour. Tito's dream is to fly to the moon
Accompanying him since childhood, since he watched the launch of the Sputnik satellite. he
He managed to come close to fulfilling it when he was accepted to work at NASA as a rocket scientist. late
Rather, he retired from NASA in favor of private businesses. The transition was good for him
And he became a millionaire, a fact that allowed him to buy his place on the flight to the moon
and try to make your dream come true.
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James Cameron wants to make a movie in space
After the first space tourist was successfully sent to the stars, the film director wants to
The ambitious to also go out and document the journey in a series of documentaries.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2001
The American film tycoon, James Cameron ("Titanic") is determined
To shoot the first film in space, as "Today" announces this week
.;USA According to the newspaper, the ambitious director is in the midst of negotiations
with the Russian authorities to allow him to join a future mission. the success
The latest of the millionaire Danny Tito, to become the first space tourist
Using a Russian spaceship, just spurred him on.
In an interview in the New York Post, the director explains that he has no desire to be
A space tourist only, but he wants to bring a camera and document the journey for everyone
The rest of humanity that does not get the experience. "I think it is important to preserve a dream
The arrival and discovery of new territories. If only people understood how important it is
A space station as a stepping stone to the discovery of space and as a dream that excites the human soul, they are
They would have supported it more" said the director known for his expensive productions
and the complexity, for the newspaper.
Practically speaking, Cameron plans to film during his space mission a series of
Documentaries following the journey, some TV specials
to the Fox network (which agreed to help finance the project) and I-MAX film (format
innovative three-dimensional). Cameron estimates that he will be able to go into space at the end of the year
. 2002
As you remember, Denis Tito paid the Russian space agency 20 million dollars
For the right to join an operational flight to the International Space Station
"Alpha". Despite strong opposition from the US space agency, he accepted
Tito eventually got the approval and took off into space.
Tito: "I completely adapted; I love the space
The Russian spacecraft "Soyuz", carrying the first space tourist, the millionaire
The American Dennis Tito successfully docked at the space station today (Monday).
the international. Yesterday the American space agency, NASA, announced that
The crew of the "Endeavor" shuttle completed their mission at the station and left it, and so
It was possible for the "Soyuz" to dock at the station at the scheduled time.
Lior Kodner and the agencies
Photo: IP
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Tito: "I completely adapted; I love the space"
The International Space Station, yesterday, after the shuttle's departure
American "Endeavour"
The Russian spacecraft "Soyuz", carrying the first space tourist, the millionaire
The American Dennis Tito successfully docked at the space station today (Monday).
the international. Yesterday the American space agency, NASA, announced that
The crew of the "Endeavor" shuttle completed their mission at the station and left it, and so
It was possible for the "Soyuz" to dock at the station at the scheduled time.
About an hour and a half after docking, Tito and the two Russian cosmonauts passed by
From "Soyuz" to the space station through the Rafahe Canal. "Great trip" said Tito
In a broadcast from the space station, "I have no idea what the adaptation process is
that they are talking about. I completely adapted. I love the space."
The launch of the first space tourist was possible after two months of contacts
and conflicts between the Russian space agency and the American space agency,
Due to NASA's refusal to allow the flight. According to estimates, Tito will pay
20 million dollars for the flight. Tito will return to Earth on May 6.
Tito, a resident of Southern California, became interested in the field of space as a child,
And he began his career as an aeronautical engineer in a related company
to NASA Tito was disappointed with the position and integrated into the business world. He opened a fund
Independent capital investment. The company he owns, "Wilshir and Partners", is considered
Today to one of the largest and strongest investment funds in the US, which handles
In buying and selling shares in a total amount of about 500 billion dollars. his fortune
Tito's was about 200 million.
NASA tried to thwart the visit
According to this agreement, Tito was supposed to stay in space for seven days and even visit
on the Russian space station Mir. After the Russians decided to destroy Mir
Tito agreed with the Moscow authorities that he would be launched to the space station
International.
But after the agreement in principle, NASA began to act to thwart the plan.
"April is a very tense month for the space station which is in the process
Construction, which for the sake of completion will take a few more months," said a senior official
at NASA "The presence of an unprofessional person who does not know the means
the complicated technologists at the station, which is unable to handle problems at the mother station
And when they wake up, not least the presence of a person who needs to monitor everything
The time will greatly complicate life at the station," the agency said in a statement.
The US position was also joined by Canada, Japan and some of the partner European countries
in station operation.
The Russians refused to give up, and in response, four cosmonauts who had been training opened fire
Together with Tito on a protest strike. Tito announced that he feels 100 ready
He braced himself for the flight, and was proud that today he was able to put on a suit
Space in just 25 seconds. Moscow claimed, Washington opposed
to launch only because it is an American citizen who signed such a unique contract
with Russia, and only after long international contacts and mutual threats
The flight of the first tourist into space became possible. Tito agreed to finance any damage
which will cause the equipment on the space station. Director of the Russian Space Agency, Yuri Koptev
expressed yesterday the satisfaction of the summary. Tito did not abandon his business sense even towards
the take off "I want to show the world that it is possible. More and more need
Take an example from me and fly into space, and then the price for such a flight will also decrease."
