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A 20 Million Dollar Vacation
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LadyMaravilla
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A 20 Million Dollar Vacation
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - An Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur took off Monday on a Russian rocket bound for the international space station, achieving her dream of becoming the the world's first paying female space tourist.
Anousheh Ansari was accompanied by a U.S.-Russian crew on the Soyuz TMA-9 capsule, which entered orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff from the Russian cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Ansari reportedly paid $20 million to become the fourth private astronaut to take a trip on a Russian spacecraft and visit the station.
"I'm just so happy to be here," she said ebulliently as she entered the rocket Monday, watched by about a dozen relatives.
AP reporter Vladimir Isachenkov contributed to this story from Mission Control in Korolyov, Russia.
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baghag
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Re: A 20 Million Dollar Vacation
If I had an extra $20 million lying around, I'd sure as heck do that too! 
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| Posted 9/18/06 9:55 AM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: A 20 Million Dollar Vacation
Posted by baghag
If I had an extra $20 million lying around, I'd sure as heck do that too!
I don't think I would. I'd be too scared. 
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| Posted 9/18/06 9:57 AM |
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