History Of The Day - Dennis Tito Becomes World's First Space Tourist (2001)

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American multimillionaire Dennis Tito gained celebrity status in 2001, when he became the first person to pay for his own ticket to space. The 60-year-old spent nearly eight days in space, most of them on the International Space Station. A former scientist of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Tito made his fortune as a founder of Wilshire Associates, an investment management, consulting, and technology services company. How much did his ticket aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-32 allegedly cost? Discuss