HE first tourist in orbit checked into his holiday destination on Monday and said he was enjoying every minute. He grinned enormously and gave a thumbs-up sign as he floated through the space station. It was a great trip here. I don't know about this adaptation that they're talking about. Space Station Russian mission control said Tito had been unwell on Sunday and had vomited, but had quickly recovered.
Motion sickness is common even among professional spacemen, especially on their first day in space.
Tito and the two accompanying Russians are to spend a week as guests of Usachev and his two American crewmates on board the International Space Station. Usachev and his crew, in red short-sleeved polo shirts, gave boisterous bear hugs to the newcomers, who arrived in baggy Russian space suits. Russian officials said the visiting crew would spend the rest of Monday mainly at leisure. The financier will not be allowed into US segments of the orbiter without an escort and has had to pledge to pay for anything he breaks. Russia says it is a full partner in the space station, and insists that it can fill its seat quota with whomever it wants.