[DOC] [TLE] First Space Tourist: How a U.S. Millionaire Bought a Ticket to Orbit [PAR] Apr 27, 2011 ... Forty years to the month after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, ... 
Tito launched in April 2001 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft ... If the era of 
commercial spaceflight has a birthday, it's April 28, 2001. ... He would turn 60 
later that year, and he felt like his chances of getting into space were... [DOC] [TLE] Dennis Tito - Wikipedia [PAR] Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and 
multimillionaire, most widely known as the first space tourist to fund his own trip 
into space. In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of 
ISS ... April 28, 2001, spending 7 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes in space and orbiting 
Earth... [DOC] [TLE] World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito - BBC News [PAR] Apr 30, 2011 ... The world's first-ever space tourist, Dennis Tito, gives BBC World Service his ... 
He is said to have paid $20m for his eight days in space. Mr Tito blasted off on 28 
April 2001, but only after a struggle to get anyone to take him ... Virgin Galactic 
hopes to take fare-paying passengers into space in around two... [DOC] [TLE] HobbySpace - Space Tourism [PAR] In April of 2001, Dennis Tito became the first traveler to pay for a trip to space with 
money ... Tourism itself began as something only done by the very rich. ... widely 
available, suborbital flights will be the most common way to ride into space. ... 
When orbital flights become lower in price, there are companies designing space
... [DOC] [TLE] [edit] Opinions of commercial space tourism - Tunisian English ... [PAR] Space tourism is tourism in which participants pay for flights into space. As of 
2010, orbital space tourism opportunities are limited and expensive, with ... in 
numerous locations, including California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Florida, 
Virginia, ... On April 28, 2001, Dennis Tito became the first "fee-paying" space 
tourist when he... [DOC] [TLE] Space Tourism: Regulating Passage to the Happiest Place Off Earth [PAR] Jun 30, 2006 ... October 2004, space tourism businesses have been booming with ... fighting over 
which will be the home to the first space resort and ..... 28 See id. .... 60-year old 
California millionaire, was an investment fund man- ... In April 2001, Tito ... eight 
year old internet tycoon also became the first African to. [DOC] [TLE] The WIRED 100 - 2016's most influential people ranked | WIRED UK [PAR] Aug 26, 2016 ... Facebook; 7:28 AM ..... He has a mandate to shake up France's economy and is 
being tipped as a ... In April, Twitter announced Lane Fox was its latest addition to 
an ... It is part of web conglomerate NHN (after a 2001 merger with online ...... 
Bezos hopes to take tourists into orbit in 2018 with his space travel... [DOC] [TLE] Hot News of the Year 2006 - New Mexicans for Science and Reason [PAR] 'As you know,' he said, 'the climate crisis can not be dealt with that way. .... The 
new requirements, which were unveiled in July but are still being put into practice
, .... First, the scientific evidence supposedly linking religious practices with better 
.... will help me," he said, a reference to the space tourism plans of Virgin tycoon... [DOC] [TLE] The Episconixonian: 2010-12-26 [PAR] Dec 26, 2010 ... Kim Guadagno also was away and said he was in constant contact with ... of 
being locked into an existential battle against the rest of the world, .... Who Tries 
To Remember Something by Googling Other Things That ..... In April, a federal 
law went into effect permitting the government to ..... 06/21 - 06/28 (1). [DOC] [TLE] Page F30: April 2011 [PAR] Apr 9, 2011 ... This represents 28% of the country's total investment in Latin America. ... The first 
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Question: This 60-something California tycoon became the first space tourist when he went into orbit on April 28, 2001
Answer: Dennis Tito