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Canadian space tourist to visit ISS
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Canadian billionaire Quebec-born philanthropist Guy Laliberte, is
Canadian space tourist and a former street artist, Guy Laliberte, plans to hold the first artistic and social event from space.
He is scheduled to read poetry from the International Space Station to the people on earth.
Canadian billionaire philanthropist Guy Laliberte, left, Russian
Crew members gave a press conference at Star City outside Moscow, ahead of their September 30th launch. Guy Laliberte, a former street artist, will become the world's seventh space tourist.
He says he wants to recite a poem on the Earth's water scarcity from the International Space Station during his 2 week mission. His reading will be part of a series of shows, reaching 14 cities all over the world.
Canadian space tourist and a former street artist, Guy Laliberte, plans to
Former US Vice President Al Gore, pop singer Peter Gabriel and Irish rock group U2 have confirmed their participation.
Jeffrey Williams, Flight Commander, said, "We've been working with Guy, we've worked together now for a few weeks and he has proven himself very capable to execute this mission and he has been a great pleasure to work with and I look forward to going to space with both of them and I've told them several times - looking forward to watching their reaction as they experience each step of the way."
US astronaut and flight commander Jeffrey Williams, flight engineer Maxim Surayev and Guy Laliberte are undergoing final preparations before heading off to the Baikonur launch site.
Laliberte will likely be one of the last tourists to the space station for a few years. NASA will retire its shuttle fleet and will rely on the Russian space agency to ferry US astronauts to the space station. This will leave little room for tourists.
Laliberte declined to say exactly how much the trip has cost him. He says the price was similar to the amount paid by previous space tourists, around 30 million US dollars.
Source: CCTV.com
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