Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21M back

November 21, 2008 By MATTHEW BARAKAT , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favorite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen. Now he claims the company that was supposed make his dream come true brushed him aside with little more than a "sorry, no refunds."



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