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Commercialization

Dice-K Sues Space Adventures

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
September 27, 2008

Wannabe Space Tourist Wants $21 Million Back Over Scuttled Mission, Wired

“The Japanese internet tycoon who paid $21 million to become the first space tourist to walk outside the International Space Station wants his money back. In a lawsuit, Daisuke Enomoto, 37, claims that Space Adventures, the private firm with connections to the Russian Federal Space Agency, “deceptively and fraudulently” induced him to pay $21 million for a 10-day orbital sojourn that never materialized.”

Daisuke Enomoto
Why Dress Silly in Space? He’s Rich – Therefore He Can., earlier post
Daisuke Enomoto Grounded, earlier post
Space Tourists Check Out Their Spacecraft, earlier post

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