First Female Space Tourist
An Iranian-American woman named Anousheh Ansari gathered up some money ($20 million) and fulfilled her dream of traveling in space. She is the first woman space tourist and the first person of iranian descent to go to space.
She kept a blog about her experiences and it’s pretty interesteing to read.
This wonderful feeling of freedom that puts a smile on everyone’s face. I slowly lifted off my seat and continued giggling. I just couldn’t believe it… to be honest with you, the whole thing is still like a dream to me… I was strapped in so tight that I couldn’t look outside. Finally when we were safe in the orbit, we were able to open our visors and to loosen our belts…
L.A. took his glove off and it started floating in the cabin. I could not stop giggling the whole time… I was finally able to take a look outside and saw the Earth for the first time… Tears started rolling down my face. I could not catch my breath… Even thinking about it now still brings tears to my eyes. Here it was this beautiful planet turning graciously about itself, under the warm rays of the Sun… so peaceful…so full of life… no signs of war, no signs of borders, no signs of trouble, just pure beauty…
How I wished everyone could experience this feeling in their heart, specially those who are at the head of the governments in the world. may be this experience would give them a new perspective and help bring peace to the world.
I used to want to be an astronaut. I wasn’t interested in science or being a pilot. I was interested in the experience. The feelings she describes in her blog are the same ones I wanted to experience. I think with the way things are going, space tourism won’t be only for the super rich when i’m older. I think they could probably get the price down to a million dollars a person by the time i’m 35. So in the meantime, I just have to figure out how to make a million dollars!
One very interesting side note to this story is that there is a musical group called Deep Dish and their website is www.deepdish.com. So this musical group wrote the offcial theme song for her flight into space.
