A New Film Documents Space Tourists
Department:
Privatizing Spaceflight
Teaser:
The elite band of super-rich tourists willing to pay millions of dollars to voyage to the International Space Station are spotlighted in a documentary vying for honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
Source:
Space News From SpaceDaily.Com Download time: Jan 26 2010 6:54 AM ET
The elite band of super-rich tourists willing to pay millions of dollars to voyage into outer space are spotlighted in a documentary vying for honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
Swiss director Christian Frei's latest film, "Space Tourists," explores the phenomenon of wealthy individuals who have capitalized on the fading glory of the former Soviet Union's space program to fulfill the journey of a lifetime.…

