7.06.2005
Next Space Tourist Signs Contract
Looks like Dr. Gregory Olsen may finally get his shot into space. ITAR-TASS announced today that Russia's space agency has signed a contract with the 60-year old American millionaire scientist to fly Soyuz to the international space station in October.
I don't have a copy of the contract, (the Probe salutes the space lawyers who negotiated it,) but the much talked about trip, (first announced last March by deal broker/space travel organizer Space Adventures), has been reported to be worth about $20 million.
If all goes as planned, Olsen of course, will be the third commercial rocket guy to travel to the ISS, after private space pioneers Dennis Tito (2001) and Mark Shuttleworth (2002).
I don't have a copy of the contract, (the Probe salutes the space lawyers who negotiated it,) but the much talked about trip, (first announced last March by deal broker/space travel organizer Space Adventures), has been reported to be worth about $20 million.
If all goes as planned, Olsen of course, will be the third commercial rocket guy to travel to the ISS, after private space pioneers Dennis Tito (2001) and Mark Shuttleworth (2002).
