US space tourist hopes to recoup 30 million-dollar ticket

October 11, 2008 Richard Garriott

US space tourist Richard Garriott gives a press conference Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Garriott, who is set to become the first American to follow his astronaut father into space on Sunday, hopes to be able to recoup the 30 million dollars he paid for the experience.

Richard Garriott, who is set to become the first American to follow his astronaut father into space on Sunday, hopes to be able to recoup the 30 million dollars he paid for the experience.

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