For the umpteenth time, the owner of the company’s leading video game Richard Garriott is planning a trip to outer space with space ships owned by Russia. Garriot pullout impression that the father is a NASA astronaut, when the cold war flares.
Garriot willing to spend USD35 million to meet its goal. To cross the distance light millions of miles, the boss is a video game will use the aircraft Soyuz TMA-13, together with astronauts from the United States Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov.
One of the things that attract from the super expensive tourism is, both Richard Garriot and his father, conducting this mission in the diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States are experiencing a less harmonious relationship. The cold war that occurred between 1941-1991, war between block west led by the United States with the eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union, which has been broken, including a Russian. Currently, relations between the two countries are big rift.
However, Richard ensures that the mission does not contain political elements. According to him, the situation does not affect the country’s Issue with the other of crew outer space.
“So far we are concerned about the political issues that exist, but it will not affect all the crew outer space and we will always work together. Because there is no room in the space for political,” said a astronauts, Michael Fincke, as quoted Reuters, Sunday (12/10/2008).
Garriot and the ISS team will depart to explore outer space for more than 12 days. It is estimated this will be the team landed on Earth in the upcoming Oct. 24.
Although there was damage, the Russian Space Agency to ensure this group will return safely as scheduled.
Richard Garriot for a recent spaceflight is a dream since boyhood, because he always said one day be like his father, especially during infancy, he was always surrounded about the world of astronomy.
“I grew up in an environment where I believe each person can go into space because I know one day will surely realize” said Garriot.
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