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发帖数: 284 | 1 SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) -- A Chinese businessman has paid $200,000 to
become his country's first space tourist, hoping for lift-off some time by
the end of 2008.
The man, from eastern China's Zhejiang province, is among a first batch of
100 passengers who will board Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwoe for the
suborbital trip, said Shanghai-based Rupert Hoogewerf, who serves as an
adviser to the firm.
About 20 men and three women from China -- out of some 65,000 people
globally -- had applied for t |
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