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May 20 2004 2 Comments

Celebrity star trek

The U.S. based Space Adventures Ltd., which in the past has successfully sent non-professional astronauts into space, recently teamed up with Dentsu Inc. to help send a Japanese celebrity into orbit.

Space Adventures Ltd. had already concluded a deal with Russia’s space agency to send four non-professional astronauts to the International Space Station, but has now come to an agreement with Dentsu Inc. to allow one of them to be a Japanese national. The Japanese company seems delighted with the opportunity, and a spokesman was quoted as saying, “Traveling in space is everybody’s dream. We’ve decided to participate in the project to help make the dream come true.”

Who the lucky person will be has yet to be decided, but it has been confirmed that they will be a prominent public figure, as the cost of the deal will be offset by corporate sponsorship deals and advertisements. Rumours have already begun circulating as to who the person will be, with one unnamed (and frankly unreliable) source claiming it to be a two horse race. The favourite being model, actress, and K-1 fan Norika Fujiwara.

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Whilst apparently others are touting naturalized citizen and ex-sumo wrestler Konishiki as the first choice.

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My money is on the big man.

Categorized: General, Science, Travel

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  1. spike says

    5/24/2004 at 10:17 am

    hahahaha that picture is great! where did you get it?

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  2. Lee says

    5/24/2004 at 6:03 pm

    I’m afraid to say it was just from that huge library that is google images!

    Reply

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