[FPSPACE] Tito flight delayed

[Phillip Clark]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Dwayne Allen Day wrote:
> Tito is now talking about postponing his flight from February to mid
> 2001.  This is according to MirCorp.  If true, this is not good news for
> them.  They would still need to fly another re-boost mission in
> January.  And the longer Tito waits to fly, the longer it takes MirCorp to
> get paid by him (his money is currently in escrow).  It is also possible 
> that another re-boost mission might be necessary by mid-2001.

Logistically, this makes sense.

It would mean that he would be on the spare seat with the replacement crew
launched in mid-2001 and he would return 1-2 weeks later in the space seat
with the crew that is being replaced.

Otherwise he's up there for around six months or so.

MirCorp's continued survival permitting, of course.


Phillip Clark

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