[FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
Chez Boris
chezboris at gmail.com
Fri Jun 13 14:50:10 EDT 2008
But the Russian RIA-Novosti and Novosti Kosmonavtiki published the news
first, not NYT. Well, Novosti Kosmonavtiki published also the Roscosmos
chief's denial next day.
See http://rian.ru/technology/20080611/110178980.html and
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml (Russian only)
It appears no final decision has been made since Mr. Brin made his $5
million investment in the company that will serve as a deposit on a future
flight. Note also that the same NY Times' "Google Co-Founder Books a Space
Flight" report (
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/technology/11soyuz.html?scp=2&sq=Space%20adventures&st=cse)
tells:
"
Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian space agency, has said repeatedly
that the seats for tourists could disappear in 2010, when the size of the
station crew expands to six from three and requires more of the available
seats on the Soyuz.
"
So either two unknown Kazakhs or Mr. Brin with his downpayment made...
Meeting in Paris will tell us next month.
Alex
> From: agzak at optonline.net <agzak at optonline.net>
> 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, 11:09 PM
>
> 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* <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*<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*<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.>*<https://mail.google.com/mail/www.spaceadventures.com.>>;
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> Anatoly Zak
> *http://www.russianspaceweb.com* <http://www.russianspaceweb.com/>
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