Space TouristsSaturday 28April，2001：Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday．"So what？"you might think．Well，Mr．Tito's journey was certainly unusual!So was the transport he chose，and the price of his trip．

The 60-year-old millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship．He was on a journey to the International Space Station．It might have been aroutine trip for the two Russian astronauts who were travelling with him，but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey．Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space，and he had paid $20million to go there．As the spacecraft left the earth's atmosphere，Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the earth's blue-green surface．Two minutes later，he was sick．Luckily it was only aminor problem．He soon recovered，and from then on enjoyed asmooth journey．When he arrived at the space station，there was a big smile on his face．"A great trip!"he commented．"I love space．"

For a long time space travel was something for heroes．But if some people are right，all this is going to change．One of them is Charles Miller，Director of a company called ProSpace．They are investing1 large amounts of money in space travel．"Tito's adventure was just the beginning．We're going to see exciting new things in the next twenty years!"Charles Miller says．

Companies like ProSpace want space and space travel to belong to the public，not just governments．There are otherfuture plans，like cruises2 through space from one side of the world to the other．Maybe we will be able to leave from New York at nine o'clock in the morning，and arrive in Tokyo an hour later!Such a schedule would allow the business traveller to return to New York on the same day，and still have eight hours for a meeting!How's that for speed？

1．invest：to spend money in order to make something succeed

2．cruise：journey

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