Think space and Bill Gates

Space adventures, which hosted orbital space flights for "space tourists" from 2001, is the only firm to date that space travel brokers for amateur astronauts, including Charles Simonyi and four others who have signed up for the space. As indicated in a previous article, Simonyi paid about 20 million to 25 million dollars for a 13-day trip to the international space station, with the adventures of space and of Russia's Federal Space Agency teaming up to make the trip.

The Russian news agency Interfax reported that Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, expedition and Charles Simonyi discussed the possibility that billionaire Bill Gates is considering taking its own space travel. Stacy Tearne, space adventures spokesman, said that Gates had not yet contacted the company about the possibility of a orbital space flight, but the company has already the next adventure in mind, and an announcement on the next customer might be coming soon.

Internationally-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, renowned for his pioneering theories on the origin of the universe, black holes and has also set a goal to take a trip to the edge of space rocket, possibly on a craft developed by Virgin Galactic, due to be in service by 2009. A zero-gravity flight in April 2007, led by Zero Gravity, in which Hawking has experienced the feeling of lightness, felt by astronauts in orbit was a test run for a possible later flight to space. Zero gravity travel Hawking has been slightly modified to allow his fragile condition, with brief periods of light, a withdrawing a little easier by the aircraft's descent. Four doctors and two nurses for all vital signs monitored the flight, and rescue equipment was on board. The zero gravity flight was a success, with Hawking negotiating to make the rounds of eight instead of the six planned and performing gymnastics turns in the air.

Hawking has expressed the hope that his spaceflight promote commercial space travel, which he believes to be a next step needed in the future of humanity. He has often expressed the opinion that "life on Earth is at an increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically modified virus or other threat". Only by involving private enterprise to make commercial space travel possible a portion of the human race is definitely off the planet to ensure the survival of the human species in case of a global disaster on Earth. Space tourist Charles Simonyi, as Stephen Hawking and, possibly, Bill Gates, are helping to make this dream a reality.