Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:48:40 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] Is Millionaire Space Tourist Planning Trip to Mars?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
Buzz is building about a planned 2018 private mission to Mars, which may
launch the first humans toward the Red Planet.

A nonprofit organization called the Inspiration Mars Foundation - which
is led by millionaire Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist -
will hold a news conference on Feb. 27 to announce the 501-day roundtrip
mission, which will aim for a January 2018 launch.

"This 'Mission for America' will generate new knowledge, experience and
momentum for the next great era of space exploration," Inspiration Mars
officials wrote in a media advisory yesterday (Feb. 20). "It is intended
to encourage all Americans to believe again, in doing the hard things
that make our nation great, while inspiring youth through Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and motivation."
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<http://www.space.com/19901-mars-space-tourism-dennis-tito.html>

         mark

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