Russia plans more space tourist trips
Russia has found a way to take more paying tourists to space despite U.S. opposition to commercial flights to the International Space Station (ISS).
Under a new plan, Russian spacecraft carrying tourists will not dock with the ISS but will just orbit the Earth for the duration of the flight.
Moscow was forced to put on hold tourist trips to the ISS after a row with the U.S. space agency NASA over the flight of the Los Angeles businessman, Mr. Dennis Tito, to the ISS earlier this month. NAS A had strongly objected to the flight and threatened to demand damage compensation from the Russian aerospace agency Rosaviakosmos for alleged disruption of work aboard the station during Mr. Tito's stay there.
Rosaviakosmos hopes paying trips to the ISS would resume after the Russian and American space agencies had worked out a set of rules for tourist missions to avoid the repetition of frictions over Mr. Tito's trip.
Until then Russia will fly tourists aboard its spacecraft.
Several would-be tourists are already undergoing medical tests at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems in Moscow.
The head of the institute, Mr. Anatoly Grigoriyev, told the Itar- Tass news agency that all the candidates were much younger than the first space tourist, Mr. Tito. He would not give any names, apart from mentioning that the U.S. film director, Mr. James Cameron, took his medical test last year.
Mr. Grigoriyev also said there were some Russians among the potential space tourists.
Russia says it needs paying space tourists to make up for lack of cash for its space programmes.
Mr. Tito paid around $20 millions for his eight-day trip, but Russian space officials say the next tourist may have to pay some $30 millions
2006-10-07 07:14:34
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answered by americandreamboy4u 3
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If you live on Earth, you are already a space traveller; the entire solar system is moving in the direction of the constellation Hercules at a rate of over 20 kilometers per second.
If you want to be a passenger on a spacecraft, either go into astronaut training, or save up your money until commercial spaceflight is available.
If you want to experience free-fall, there are commercial jets for hire that will go into a dive and inside it you will experience weightless conditions for up to a minute and a half. That goes for mere hundreds of thousands per minute of weightlessness, and is how the movie Apollo 13 was made.
2006-10-07 07:30:24
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answered by cdf-rom 7
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Study astro physics or do aero space engineering. Join in NASA or ISRO. May be your dream will come true.
ALL THE BEST.
2006-10-08 00:53:36
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answered by Anikris 3
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You need Lots of money or u hv to study to be a astronaut
2006-10-07 07:22:25
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answered by hotchocredrose 3
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Contact Virgin Galactic. I hear the tickets are 200,000 dollars.
2006-10-07 07:18:17
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answered by F T 5
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Go from one room to another, and VOILIA! YOU have JUST TRAVELED thru space! Yaaaaaayyy!!!!
2006-10-07 07:19:03
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answered by crazynays 4
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i have no idea!
2006-10-07 07:18:31
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answered by Anonymous
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