Bill Gates eyes flight to space, says cosmonaut

Bill Gates eyes flight to space, says cosmonaut

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MOSCOW -- The world's richest man, Bill Gates, is considering a flight into space, a Russian cosmonaut said from the International Space Station Wednesday, citing Gates' colleague and space tourist Charles Simonyi.

"Charles said that Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space," cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin told journalists during a video link-up from the space station, broadcast on state television Rossiya.

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Oh well, *sigh* I am waiting for the day that the price for such space travel will be affordable.

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Good for him, he's got more money than anyone else in the world.
He could probably afford to build his own private orbital summer home.

And with his kind of cash, he can afford to vacation where ever he wants