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Article: Space tourism set to take off in Japan.
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- Yomiuri Shimbun
- Article date:
- April 20, 2005
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Byline: Keiko Chino
TOKYO _ The U.S. space shuttle program, suspended since the February 2003 Columbia accident, will resume next month.
At the same time, private sector moves to make commercial space travel, which will allow paying passengers to take flights more 100 kilometers above Earth, a reality are gaining momentum.
It was Takafumi Horie, president of Livedoor Co., the Internet portal operator involved in a public battle with Fuji Television Network Inc. for the control of radio broadcaster Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., who boosted Japanese public interest in fledgling space tourism.
Horie flew to the United States on April 10 ...