11.06.2008 18:55 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Google honcho Sergey Brin plans first-ever private trip to the ISS

Filed under: Transportation Google co-founder Sergey Brin is about to join an extremely short list of space tourists, according to reports. The search engine-kingpin just dropped a $5 million dollar "investment" on the company Space Adventures, which all but guarantees him a seat on the outfit's next flight in 2011. The trip aboard the Russian Soyuz rocket will take Brin to the ISS in the first-ever private flight to the station, though the company stresses that the ride will be less about tourism and more about commercial exploration, with passengers bringing abo

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