Circus flying into space
Published: 24 September, 2009, 14:26
Canadian space tourist Guy Laliberté (L) and US astronaut Jeff Williams (AFP Photo / Str)
(16.3Mb) embed videoTAGS: Space
With less than a week before the next crew of the ISS blasts off, RT spoke to the crew to get details of the preparations and mission. On board will be Canadian space tourist, Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil.
Laliberté is the first real showman heading to space. He says he is determined to follow the experienced crew’s advice while on orbit, however, he is prepared to explore and improvise. Laliberté also plans to take something special up with him.
“There is already a text being written. I’m bringing it up there and on October 9th there will be a two-hour multimedia event to create awareness on the issue of water,” Guy told RT.
The crew says that their plans for the flight are just as exciting, albeit not as publicly-oriented as Laliberté’s. Shuttles and new Russian modules will come to the ISS and experiments are planned for both the Russian and the US sector.
Maksim Suraev, the flight commander, will spend six months on orbit. He confesses that he will probably miss his wife, children and friends most of all from his life on Earth.
24.09.2009, 14:19
1 comment
Chavez: the phony warmongerThe Venezuelan president talks a good war, but relatively low military spending belies the aggressive rhetoric. His troops have been kicking their heels for 10 years, while rumors spread of more covert tactics. |
24.09.2009, 17:56
Kid drowns 9-month-old brother in bathMoscow police are considering launching a criminal case against a mother who left two siblings in the bathroom unwatched, leading to the death of one of them, Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reports. |
