Student Hopes Web Site Will Propel Him into Space
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"Student Hopes Web Site Will Propel Him into Space"
C|NET UK
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49285503,00.htm
: But it seems as though one student isn't content with just
: thinking about it: he wants to be the first student space tourist.
: He's called Michael Halls-Moore, and he's set up a Web site called
: BuyMeToTheStars.com , which features a fictional star chart and is
: selling fictional 'stellar objects' to raise the necessary funds
: for his journey. Advertisers can buy stars, nebulae or even
: galaxies and depending on how large the object is, the price goes
: up accordingly.
: Michael is hoping to raise around £100,000 in order to achieve his
: dream. He will fly with Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital spaceflight
: service, which is planning to propel its first astronauts into
: space by 2009. According to the Virgin Galactic site, it will only
: take a week of training to prepare for the flight.
: Michael is currently studying for a PhD in Aeronautical
: Engineering at Imperial College London. We spoke to him this
: morning and he said he was inspired by the Million Dollar Home
: Page and thought he could use that business model to come up with
: a way of raising funds.
: He finishes his PhD in October 2008, so he'll be able to fly into
: space a doctor. But he said, "If I raised the money before I
: finished my PhD, and I could fly, I would put the PhD on hold."
: The man is committed, and we like the idea of using the Web to try
: to fulfil a life-long dream.
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Mark Reiff <markreiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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