Rensselaer Alumni in Space
Dennis A. Tito ('64 M.S. Engineering Science), founder and CEO of Wilshire Associates, Inc., became the world's first space tourist, traveling aboard a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian crew to the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2001. Tito paid close to $20 million for a seat on the spacecraft. He spent two weeks in space during late April and early May, including a stay on the ISS. As a graduate student, Tito worked at United Aircraft in Windsor Locks while studying in the aerospace program.
Tito has founded a new nonprofit called the Inspiration Mars Foundation, with a plan to launch a manned Mars flyby mission in 2018. The announcement has generated a lot of excitement. Read more about it and watch interviews with Tito at:
http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29
http://www.space.com/19983-private-mars-mission-dennis-tito-interview.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/inspiration-mars-dennis-tito-millionaire-space-tourist-announces/story?id=18610223
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/inspiration-mars-sending-married-couple-red-planet-18609841
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