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Re: [News] Mark Shuttleworth Profile and GNU/Linux Endeavours

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
> Ubuntu Backer Is One Lucky Guy
> 
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> | VeriSign bought Shuttleworth's Thawte, and he went on to found a venture
> | capital firm and the Shuttleworth Foundation, which aims to give schools
> | low-cost Linux-based computer labs. That prompted him to put $10 million into
                                                                
^^^^^^^^^^^

> | Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, one of the few Linux distributions

http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/18/0418feat.html

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When Mark Shuttleworth blasts off into space on April 25, he will become
only the second "astrotourist" in history. 

The 26-year-old South African is paying $20 million for the privilege of
spending eight days orbiting the globe on the International Space
Station (ISS). That works out to $2.5 million per day, which must make
it the most expensive vacation in history. 

Why would anyone spend $20 million on a trip to space? Currently
training for his launch at Russia's Star City, Shuttleworth, who made
his fortune by selling his Cape Town-based Internet consultancy Thawte
to VeriSign (nadaq: VRSN - news - people ) for $575 million in 1999,
says he is fulfilling a childhood dream. "I was always a geek and
interested in science," he says. "I just never thought I would be able
to go into space." 
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Related:

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Price_Of_Space_Tourist_Flight_To_ISS_Raised_By_One_Million_Dollars_999.html

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SPACE TRAVEL

Price Of Space Tourist Flight To ISS Raised By One Million Dollars

File photo: Space Tourist Anousheh Ansari (pictured) recently ventured
into space becomming the first woman in the world to do so. Credit: ESA. 

by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 10, 2006

The price of a commercial flight to the International Space Station has
risen from $20 million to $21 million, a Russian space official said
Thursday. Russia has so far sent four commercial space tourists to the
orbital station on board Soyuz spacecraft. Nikolai Sevastyanov, the head
of the Energia rocket and space corporation, said the price rise was
caused by growth in the cost of materials and components used in the
construction of the Soyuz spacecraft. 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism

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As of 2007, 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 is now $30 million. Flights are fully booked
until 2009.
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