sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) (12/14/90)
cosc12i2@jetson.uh.edu writes: >The electronic publication SPACE FAX DAILY reported Friday, Dec. 7, that: > >"a flight to MIR had been sold to an american buyer through > SPACE COMMERCE CORPORATION. More details available on Monday." > >First Japanese, then British, and now American! I guess the soviets >ARE cornering the commercial spaceflight market. Next aboard for >CLUB MIR??? > >Has anyone else heard this one yet? Any ideas? Maybe SPACE FAX >will tell who it is and what's going on Monday, or at least soon. > According to Space News, an undisclosed American firm has payed an undisclosed amount (greater than $12 million) for a ride in the next six months or so. I don't recall the exact numbers, but I'll check them when I get back to the office on Friday and post a correction if necessary. =============================================================================== Ken Sheppardson Email: kcs@sso.larc.nasa.gov Space Station Freedom Advanced Programs Office Phone: (804) 864-7544 NASA Langley Research Center FAX: (804) 864-1975 ===============================================================================
cosc12i2@jetson.uh.edu (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec13.232711.588@engin.umich.edu>, sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) writes: > cosc12i2@jetson.uh.edu writes: >>The electronic publication SPACE FAX DAILY reported Friday, Dec. 7, that: >> >>"a flight to MIR had been sold to an american buyer through >> SPACE COMMERCE CORPORATION. More details available on Monday." >> > > According to Space News, an undisclosed American firm has payed an > undisclosed amount (greater than $12 million) for a ride in the next > six months or so. I don't recall the exact numbers, but I'll check them > when I get back to the office on Friday and post a correction if necessary. > The HOUSTON CHRONICLE, HOUSTON POST, and REUTERS NEWS SERVICE all had stories on this on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The CHRONICLE and REUTERS story was based on the SPACE NEWS article, but it was not stated as such in the POST. The only new information presented was that the un-named firm buying the Soyuz/MIR flight is Houston based, the five to seven day flight is scheduled for late 1992, the price is more than the $12 million Tokyo Broadcasting Service paid, and the company and purpose are still unknown. Ad Astra, Y'all Alvin Carley moving to: ====> ARORA@UH.EDU Put my name in all subject lines of all email for me.