An interesting article came across the AFP Wire a little bit ago. It reads:
- OTTAWA (AFP) — The Canadian pauper-turned-billionaire founder of Cirque du Soleil will voyage to the International Space Station in September, a US space website said Tuesday.
NASA Watch, which is not affiliated with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said on its website “multiple sources” report Cirque founder Guy Laliberte will fly into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket.
The Canadian Space Agency said it will hold a press conference at its Montreal headquarters on Thursday to present “the first philanthropic mission to the International Space Station by a private Canadian explorer.”
The CSA announcement is to be made simultaneously in Moscow, where the mystery traveler is to be joined by representatives of space tour operator Space Adventures.
“The first Canadian space explorer… (is) slated to launch with Soyuz TMA-16 crew this September,” the agency said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the Cirque was not immediately available for comment.
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{ SOURCE: AFP }
