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November 27, 2009, Friday
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THERE is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said yesterday.
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.
Russia's Soyuz spacecraft will provide the only link to the station after the planned retirement of the US shuttle fleet next year.
Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte returned to Earth last month after a stint as the seventh paying space tourist aboard the station. He was the first professional artist to fly to space and paid US$35 million for a 10-day trip to the station.
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.
Russia's Soyuz spacecraft will provide the only link to the station after the planned retirement of the US shuttle fleet next year.
Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte returned to Earth last month after a stint as the seventh paying space tourist aboard the station. He was the first professional artist to fly to space and paid US$35 million for a 10-day trip to the station.
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