Space Tourism begins Here

Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
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Orbital space tourism opportunities are limited and expensive, with only the Russian Space Agency providing transport. The price for a flight brokered by Space Adventures to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft was US$ 20–35 million.

Some space tourists haved signed contracts with third parties to conduct certain research while in orbit.

A number of startup companies have sprung up in recent years, hoping to create a space tourism industry.

Russia halted orbital space tourism in 2010 due to the increase in the International Space Station crew size, using the seats for expedition crews that would be sold to paying spaceflight participants. However, tourist flights are tentatively planned to resume in 2013, when the number of single-use three-person Soyuz launches could rise to five a year.

As an alternative to "tourism," some organizations such as the Commercial Spaceflight Federation use the term "personal spaceflight."

Seven of the space tourists flew to and from the International Space Station on Soyuz spacecraft through the space tourism company, Space Adventures:

Space tourist  |   Nationality  |   Year   |  Duration of flight  |   Flight
1. Dennis Tito American 2001 9 days (Apr 28 – May 6) Launch: Soyuz TM-32 Return: Soyuz TM-31

2. Mark Shuttleworth South African 2002 11 days (Apr 25 – May 5) Launch: Soyuz TM-34 Return: Soyuz TM-33

3. Gregory Olsen American 2005 11 days (Oct 1 – Oct 11) Launch: Soyuz TMA-7 Return: Soyuz TMA-6

4. Anousheh Ansari Iranian / American 2006 12 days (Sept 18 – Sept 29) Launch: Soyuz TMA-9 Return: Soyuz TMA-8

5. Charles Simonyi[15] Hungarian / American 2007 15 days (Apr 7 – Apr 21) Launch: Soyuz TMA-10 Return: Soyuz TMA-9
2009 14 days (Mar 26 – Apr 8) Launch: Soyuz TMA-14 Return: Soyuz TMA-13

6. Richard Garriott[16] American / British 2008 12 days (Oct 12 – Oct 23) Launch: Soyuz TMA-13
Return: Soyuz TMA-12

7. Guy Laliberté Canadian 2009 12 days (Sept 30 – Oct 11) Launch: Soyuz TMA-16 Return: Soyuz TMA-14

BEYONCE, Hannibal Gaddafi, St Barts, 2010 -- 11

MooPig has been banned from its Readership
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It is old News ... but it does say a Lot to me today...
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[SOURCE]   |  March 2010  |  EXCERPT
" ... Beyonce performed in St. Barts at one of the most star-studded New Years Eve bashes this year for the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Russell Simmons, her husband Jay-Z, Usher and Jon Bon Jovi--and the family of Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi footed the bill.

Mediaite.com first reported on Sunday that the Gaddafi family threw the party, and Tuesday Page Six confirmed that the host was Moammar's youngest son, the aptly-named Hannibal, who has been involved in a number of violent incidents in recent years. ... "

Catholic Case for Expunging all your Web Sites ... for good! No Matter What! PART TWO

AMerican Conspiracies -- CENSORSHIP
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Caption This ! :: "Cars, Assassins, and Drivers"

What Is Distracted Driving?
There are three main types of distraction:

1. Visual — taking your eyes off the road
2. Manual — taking your hands off the wheel
3. Cognitive — taking your mind off what you’re doing

Distracted driving is any non-driving activity a person engages in that has the potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving and increase the risk of crashing.

While all distractions can endanger drivers’ safety, texting is the most alarming because it involves all three types of distraction.

Other distracting activities include:

• Using a cell phone
• Eating and drinking
• Talking to passengers
• Grooming
• Reading, including maps
• Using a PDA or navigation system
• Watching a video
• Changing the radio station, CD, or Mp3 player.

Did You Know?
Research on distracted driving reveals some surprising facts:

• 20 percent of injury crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving. (NHTSA).
• Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashed, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (NHTSA)
• In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving. (FARS and GES)
• The age group with the greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the under-20 age group – 16 percent of all drivers younger than 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported to have been distracted while driving. (NHTSA)
• Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. (Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
• Using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. (Source: University of Utah)

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And Now, MooPigsters Everywhere ...

IT IS TIME TO STAND UP FROM YOUR CHAIR
AND...

 !! SAMBA !!

"A reveller parades for Vai Vai samba school during Carnival in Sao Paulo. Rio prepared to put on the climax to its Carnival celebrations: the extravagant and sensual parades famed the world over. The processions, featuring near-naked dancing queens and spectacularly imaginative floats trailed by thousands of extras, were to run Sunday and Monday nights before a stadium audience of 70,000 and a worldwide broadcast audience. [HERE]"
Photo: Reuters
March 6 2011 at 19:26

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