Sunday, November 29, 2009

Russia: No Space for Space Tourists

Soyuz Spacecraft

From CBS News/AP:

International Space Station Full with Crew for Near Future.

(AP) There is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said Thursday.

Since the space station's crew doubled to six people earlier this year, there is no longer room for tourists who pay tens of millions of dollars for a trip on a Russian spacecraft from Earth, said Sergei Krikalyov, the chief of the Cosmonaut Training Center.

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