Google co-founder may become space tourist

Russian-born American billionaire and Google co-founder Sergey Brin may become a space tourist in 2012, the president of Space Adventures announced at a recent press conference.

Eric Anderson said on Sunday that Sergey Brin was among the potential candidates to fly into space, and added that Space Adventures would continue to send tourists into space despite the fact that the ISS crew is to increase from three to six permanent members.

Earlier Anderson was cited on Universe Today as saying that the company would "continue providing orbital space flight opportunities to the ISS, even as the logistical and crew situation continues to evolve."

Anderson said that there would be two vacant seats available on Soyuz spacecraft being built exclusively with private funding. A second option was when a third seat on occasional Soyuz missions became available.

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