Most people, including myself, wouldn't take a six-day space ride for free, much less pay for it. I haven't even seen all the national parks yet. I don't need to be 250 miles straight up slurping space food with a bunch of Russian cosmonauts. His name is Dennis Tito, a California investment fund manager and former aerospace engineer. Some guys want to go to baseball fantasy camps and pretend they are Willie Mays.
Some guys like to take driving lessons and speed around a race track.
Tito has always fancied himself an astronaut. He looks uncannily like Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies. Tito will be alone, stroking a hairless cat and cackling about taking over the world. For now, Tito is having a jolly old time. He looks out the window, takes pictures, listens to music on his stereophones and occasionally heaves his guts out.