[FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011

[agzak at optonline.net]

This "excellent news" is so far flatly denied by Roskosmos chief. I think those "businessmen," who sell seats on Soyuz need first to inform the Russians about the sale, before they run to New York Times with press-releases, which in turn, uses them to do its "reporting" :) Maybe the should try Onion.com first!

Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Law <robert_law at yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:45 pm
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via	Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
To: FPSPACE at friends-partners.org, Chez Boris <chezboris at gmail.com>

> This is almost certainly a Soyuz space craft being built to order ! 
> plus Soyuz Rocket
> excellent news for the Russian space company !
> 
> Robert
> 
> --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Chez Boris <chezboris at gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> 
> From: Chez Boris <chezboris at gmail.com&gt;
> Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS 
> (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
> To: FPSPACE at friends-partners.org
> Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 9:50 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Google Co-founder Brin Books Space Flight.
> 
> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Search/Google-Cofounder-Brin-Books-
> Space-Flight/?kc=BLBLBEMNL061208STR5
> 
> The quote: 
> 
> "
> Previously Space Adventures has bought seats on Russian missions to 
> the International Space Station for its clients but Anderson said 
> it would now build its own rocket for fully private missions that 
> could start as soon as 2011. 
> "
> 
> So a COTS rocket built by the Space Adventures or a "Soyuz" per the 
> agreement announced below ?
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org [mailto:fpspace-
> bounces at friends-partners.org] On Behalf Of Peter Pesavento
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:06 PM
> To: fpspace at friends-partners.org
> Subject: [FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz) 
> scheduledfor 2011
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From the press release sent to me from Space Adventures
> 
> 
> Space Adventures Announces Agreement for the 
> First Private Mission to the International Space Station
> Launch scheduled for 2011
> 
> New York -- June 11, 2008 -- Space Adventures, the only company 
> that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, 
> announced today that it has finalized an arrangement with its long-
> standing partner, the Federal Space Agency of the Russian 
> Federation (FSA), to launch the first private mission to the 
> International Space Station (ISS). The mission is scheduled to 
> launch in the second half of 2011.  
> 
> This private spaceflight opportunity will be a fully dedicated 
> mission of the Soyuz-TMA spacecraft with two seats available for 
> private space explorers, along with a comprehensive package of 
> mission services including science, education and media program 
> options. The first private mission to the ISS is offered to not 
> only individual explorers, but also to businesses, organizations 
> and institutions.
> 
> "For the last decade, Space Adventures' orbital spaceflight program 
> has provided the only opportunity for private individuals to fly in 
> space, conduct research in a sustained zero gravity environment and 
> experience the beauty of seeing the Earth from humanity's only 
> orbiting outpost,," said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space 
> Adventures. "We have had the pleasure of fulfilling the dreams of 
> the only five private space explorers in history, and now, I am 
> pleased to announce that our orbital program is expanding with more 
> opportunities for spaceflight missions into the next decade."
> 
> Space Adventures became world renowned in 2001 with the launch of 
> client Dennis Tito, the world's first privately funded spaceflight 
> participant. Since then, the company has launched four other 
> individuals to space. Space Adventures' sixth orbital spaceflight 
> client, Richard Garriott, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, is 
> currently in cosmonaut training with his launch to the ISS 
> scheduled for October 12, 2008.
> 
> Under the new arrangement, Space Adventures will contribute to the 
> increase of launch capacity to the ISS, demonstrating its long-term 
> commitment to contract for additional private missions through the 
> lifespan of the space station. 
> 
> "We are very pleased to continue working with Space Adventures into 
> the foreseeable future. This method for growing our commercial 
> partnership with Space Adventures is beneficial for all parties. 
> The Soyuz to be used for this mission shall be a specially 
> manufactured craft, separate from the other Soyuz vehicles 
> designated for the transportation of the ISS crews," said Alexey B. 
> Krasnov, FSA. "This private mission, flying two Space Adventures' 
> clients at once, will not interfere with the implementation of the 
> ISS program or the obligations of the Russian space agency; on the 
> contrary, it shall add flexibility and redundancy to our ISS 
> transportation capabilities." 
> 
> Spaceflight participants will train as other private space 
> explorers have, and the launch is scheduled for the second half of 
> 2011. 
> Space Adventures, the company that organized the flights for the 
> world's first private space explorers –Dennis Tito, Mark 
> Shuttleworth, Greg Olsen, Anousheh Ansari and Charles Simonyi – is 
> headquartered in Vienna, Va. with an office in Moscow. It offers a 
> variety of programs including spaceflight missions to the 
> International Space Station and around the moon, Zero-Gravity 
> flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification programs and 
> reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company's 
> advisory board includes Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin; Shuttle 
> astronauts Sam Durrance, Tom Jones, Byron Lichtenberg, Norm 
> Thagard, Kathy Thornton, Pierre Thuot and Charles Walker; 
> Skylab/Shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott; and Russian cosmonaut Yuri 
> Usachev. For more information, please visit www.spaceadventures.com.
> 
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Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com