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Space Man

NPR

Published April 29, 2001 at 9:00 PM PDT

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on space tourist Dennis Tito who has achieved his dream of going to space. NASA complained it would be a distraction, but Russian space officials allowed him to buy a seat on their ship.