But perhaps the most interesting: it is planned that in the course of the expedition one of the travelers together with a professional Russian cosmonaut will make a spacewalk. Such in the history of space exploration was not yet.
we Recall that in 2001-2009 “Energia” and Roskosmos contract with Space Adventures Inc. successfully sent into orbit seven space tourists. Later in connection with the downsizing of the Russian crew of the “tour package” was frozen.
“Pioneer” star of tourism was American millionaire Dennis Tito, who in orbit is mainly engaged in photo and video shooting. But the 28-year-old businessman from South African mark Shuttleworth in 2002 from the very beginning was going to hold orbit a series of biomedical experiments. Affected genes: his father Mark was a doctor. “I’m not a scientist and not a professional astronaut, but I’m not a tourist,” Shuttleworth said to journalists. According to him, future space research will to some extent depend on such commercial expeditions.
three years Later started the American Gregory Olsen. And in 2006 arrived at the station the first space tourist – an American of Iranian origin Anush Ansari.
the Fifth space tourist – American billionaire Charles Simonyi has been on orbit in 2007. It was planned experiments on the ordering of the ESA, as well as on their own scientific program: he studied the effects of radiation. Two years later, Simonyi went flying a second time. And it is for tourists remains a precedent.
One of the most interesting tourist trips have turned American millionaire Richard Garriott. Computer game developer and son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott got a taste orbit in 2008. He was the first traveller, who performed scientific experiments by orders of commercial organizations. In particular, for growing protein crystals. And next year on the ISS first arrived “clown”: a member of the crew for a few days “registered” the head of the canadian Cirque du Soleil, guy laliberté.
the Big boom was caused by the preparations for the flight of British pop-star Sarah Brightman, the start of which was planned for September 2015. She easily passed all medical research. The doctors: healthy. Actively began to prepare the cosmonaut training Center in Star city. Sarah already sewn suit: correspondents “RG” personally observed the process at NPP Zvezda. Was ordered and the bed, that is a personal chair in which the singer was supposed to fly on the Soyuz spacecraft. And all of a sudden she refused the flight. Its representatives officially announced: due to family circumstances. But the version of chutes – and-coming pop star has summed up one of the sponsors.
the Cost of space tour considerable. The numbers in the beginning of the “Turbolet” started from $ 20 million. Because of this, many of Kahn��of date, if not every second, were screened out. How many millions need to pay now, we can only guess.
by the Way, at the time the medical examination at IBMP passed the soloist of the famous pop group NSync, lance bass and filmmaker, Creator of “Titanic” and “Avatar” by James Cameron. At the time, thought seriously about space flight and the Russians – participants of group “on-On”, the actors Vladimir Steklov and Olga Kabo. But no one with the flight didn’t happen. For various reasons, and money in particular.
So, Vladimir Steklov prepared not only on the individual program of General space training, but also in the group, and then – and the crew of the 28th expedition commander Sergei zaletnym and Alexander Kaleri. In one interview he said: “We received the highest rating on the transport ship “Union” on the first day, the second day – on the orbital complex “Mir”. And then, unfortunately, I learned that, when the main statement is the final composition of the crew, I was not included in the composition by reason of the breach of contract by one party, namely the production company, which oversaw this project.”
