A South African Internet tycoon has started training to become the second
space tourist to visit the International Space Station. Mark Shuttleworth, a
27-year-old multimillionaire, was undergoing medical tests last week near
Moscow. But Shuttleworth may have a long wait. The head of the Russian space
agency, Yury Koptev, said that no space tourists will take off before the ISS is
completed in 2006.
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