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An Iranian-American Woman to be a space tourist?
http://feeds.latinamericanews.net/?rid=834d4a6358c738bb&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb&f=1
Would that not be totally awesome?
She lived in Iran until she was 16, then moved to the United States with her family. By contract, she is not allowed to reveal how much she paid to go on the trip, but it’s around $20 Million dollars!
Now here’s the main part of my question? If someone who came over from a third world county has a spare 20 million… what boat did I miss exactly? I mean, imagine to be that well off… yeah, here’s an extra 20 million just lying around, I think I’ll buy a space ticket!
(Not that I begrudge her the chance to go. It would surely be the experience of a lifetime.)
I’m just wondering how you pull down that kind of cash. Is it real estate? Software? Oil? Best friends with Bush? Anyone know the secret?
Let’s not make this a Iranian vs. American thing… that completely misses the point of the question.
Well, Anousheh Ansari, after getting her degree in engineering, and her husband and his brother founded a communication company called TTI in 1993, which they sold in 2000. They then went on to found another company (Prodea System) and she is the chairperson.
They donated $10 mllion to create the Ansari X-Prize, which Burt Rutan won with the Space Ship One.
She worked and studied hard for her money, and desserves all the admiration she gets.
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