From: John Marlow (johnmarlow@gmx.net)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:05:52 MDT
Or so it seems...
April 20, 2001
Web posted at: 10:24 p.m. EDT (0224 GMT)
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- NASA has agreed to allow the Russian space
agency to send a paying tourist to the international space station at
the end of the month, Time magazine reported, quoting sources close
to the negotiations.
NASA officials refused to confirm or deny the report.
However, NASA, despite its loud objections, has quietly begun making
preparations should California millionaire Dennis Tito show up at the
orbiting complex.
NASA had Tito sign a legal document, pledging neither he nor his
heirs would sue the U.S. space agency if anything goes wrong in
space, the sources told the magazine. The agreement also calls for
Tito to pay for anything he breaks.
["Oops, gee I broke the shuttle..."]
[Does NASA bunging him out the airlock count as 'something going
wrong?']
more at:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/04/20/alpha.tourist.02/index.html?s
=8
John Marlow
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