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Try Googling: 'Sergey Brin Space'
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Taking the analogy further, just as much of astronomical space is a void, much of chemical space contains nothing of biological interest. (article 4)
Space Adventures was the first company to succeed in the business of space tourism making it possible for millionaire enthusiasts to buy available seats from the Russian federal space agency on flights to the International Space Station. (article 1)
Sergey Brin has put down a $5m deposit for a flight aboard a Russian Soyuz space station. (article 2)
A Google search suggests that the chances of disaster on a space flight is about one in 150, compared with one in 2m on a commercial airline. (article 2)
This fully dedicated private Soyuz mission, scheduled to take place in the second half of 2011, will have two seats available in the craft for space tourists. (article 3)
Earlier on Wednesday, Space Adventures announced that Google co-founder Sergey Brin had made a $5m ($2.5m) down payment to book a seat on a future orbital spaceflight. (article 3)
" The Soyuz to be used for this mission shall be a specially manufactured craft, separate from the other Soyuz vehicles designated for the transportation of the ISS crews said Alexey Krasnov from the Russian space agency, Roscosmos. (article 3)
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Source articles
- Try Googling: 'Sergey Brin Space' (ABCNews, 06/11/2008, 470 words)
- Google founder pays $5m for space flight (ft.com, 06/11/2008, 315 words)
- First private mission set for ISS (BBC News, 06/11/2008, 363 words)
- Nature Insight (Nature Journals, 06/12/2008, 307 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/11/2008, 11 words)
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