Check the blog link to your right. As we speak, the “Six Degree” theory
already extends beyond our planet.
No, I am not talking about aliens!:)
Within the next 24 hours, Anousheh Ansari, the remarkable self-made millionaire who funded the
Ansari X-prize (a real-life race to space), will be vacationing at the
International Space station, many, many miles from the planet earth.
Her one degree connection with Paul Allen has to do with Allen’s funding
of the spacecraft that won the Ansari X-prize, SpaceShipOne.
More information about SpaceShipOne’s voyage into space on Oct. 4, 2004 can
be found at :
and
And Anousheh’s diary (blog), recounting her current space
travel adventure, can be found at this link:
Sorry for the interruption, but you’ve got to admit this is cool!!!!!:)
September 18, 2006 at 5:31 am
There she goes!!!
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=ecec7229-3a5d-4ef9-8207-a90dc89de4a7&k=87981
September 20, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Soyuz has landed!!
http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20060920/soyuz_tourist_crew_successfully_enter_space_station-id-101660.html
September 28, 2006 at 10:56 pm
Update:
Ansari and her crew have left the ISS and will be returning home to earth. (BTW–great photos at this address!)
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060928_exp13_ansari_prelanding.html
September 30, 2006 at 7:33 am
And now she is back, safe and sound!
Here are some links to a few terrific articles about her journey….
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20500344-663,00.html
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/09/30/american_space_tourist_comes_back_to_earth/
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/space-travel-is-not-all-roses-blogger-reveals/2006/09/29/1159337341428.html