However, Russian space officials moved to dampen expectations of further tourist flights in the near future, saying there would be no places free aboard Russian space shuttles for at least two years.
Money is relative.
For me it has been a life's dream. Unfortunately life is short and everyone I believe should do everything possible to achieve their dreams. If it was available for me, I would have stayed up there for months. My advice to anyone who wants to fly into space, who obviously has the financial resources to do so, is that they should start work on the physical training immediately. The success of Tito's mission has prompted US fears that Russia will intensify efforts to underwrite its cash-strapped space programme by blasting other rich tourists into the cosmos.