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Did Money Talk in Getting Enomoto Booted Off, Ansari Put on ISS Space Tourism Flight?

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on November 22, 2008
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Would-Be Space Tourist Sues for Refund
Associated Press

“A federal judge heard arguments Friday in [Daisuke] Enomoto’s lawsuit against Virginia-based Space Adventures, a firm that made its name brokering deals with the Russian space agency to put half a dozen “space tourists” in orbit for fees of $20 million or more….

“Space Adventures wants the lawsuit thrown out, saying that Enomoto was disqualified because of a chronic kidney-stone condition. They say his money is nonrefundable. Enomoto claims the kidney stones were an excuse and that he was not allowed to launch in part because he refused Space Adventures’ demands for more money….He was replaced by Anousheh Ansari, who became the world’s first female space tourist (pictured at right).

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Would-Be Millionaut Sues Space Adventures to Get Back Millions

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Wannabe Space Tourist Wants $21 Million Back Over Scuttled Mission
Wired

“The Japanese internet tycoon who paid $21 million to become the first space tourist to walk outside the International Space Station wants his money back.

In a lawsuit, Daisuke Enomoto, 37, claims that Space Adventures, the private firm with connections to the Russian Federal Space Agency, ‘deceptively and fraudulently’ induced him to pay $21 million for a 10-day orbital sojourn that never materialized.”