http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/science/0,2172,135024,00.html "A Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off today carrying a woman set to notch up three space records: the first female tourist, first female Muslim, and first Iranian in orbit. Anousheh Ansari (40), an Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur...." As a slightly related news: This morning there is smoke coming from the Russian-part of the International Space Station. Those damn smoking Russians, didn't they see the sign:"No smoking while the vehicle is in orbit!" ??? P.S.: I couldn't find how much she paid for the trip...
She is hot, and worths 180 mill. A self-made multimillionare, starting a telecommunication business with her husband by maxing out their CCs. Cool!!