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JANUARY 31, 2008
Do Not Call Me a Space Tourist!
As I mentioned in my previous post, the American astronauts I met on day two of my Moscow adventure couldn’t have been more kind a . . . » CONTINUE READING
JANUARY 19, 2008
Meeting the crew and getting acclimated

I arrived in Moscow on Saturday, January 19. The following day, I was invited by NASA astronaut Mike Fincke to join him and some other Americans for a burger at Moscow’s Starlight Diner. Mike . . . » CONTINUE READING

JANUARY 18, 2008
The Adventure Begins
So I’m blogging from Moscow, where I arrived last week for the first round of tests and training in the lead up to my October ’08 takeoff. All very exciting, though I have been in “p . . . » CONTINUE READING
JANUARY 17, 2008
Response to criticism of private spaceflight.

Back in September 2007, we started this website. Part of the website involves allowing people to ask me questions about my trip. I have received . . . » CONTINUE READING