undeRliRcs Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 July 22 issue ? Space travel has changed a great deal since John Glenn got a ticker-tape parade merely for circling the Earth three times and plopping into the ocean. These days an astronaut is often little more than a glorified mechanic, hurtling into the cosmos to fix the wiring in the Hubble telescope. But don?t tell that to the world?s first ?space tourists??Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth. The two eccentric millionaires ponied up $20 million each for the monotony of a couple of weeks in the world?s most expensive sardine cans. Scores of would-be adventurers are begging to be next. full story here: http://www.msnbc.com/news/779957.asp?0dm=T13MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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