A CANUCK "CLOWN" IN ORBIT!
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Canadian space tourist and founder of Cirque du Soleil Guy LaliberteSource: AFP -
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Although I can think of a few other "clowns" I would rather see hurled into space at this juncture of our history, Circe De Soliel founder Guy Laliberte got the jump on the other "Bozos"!
Laliberte (50) paid a wopping 35 Million (US)! for the priviledge to hop aboard a Soyuz rocket this morning and be launched into orbit. Beats being fired out of a cannon, I guess? It seems a steep price for a steep ride but with the Shuttle program winding down sometime soon in the U.S. Laliberte will likely be the last billionaire tourist in space for some time.
The Soyuz craft will dock with the International Space Station (ISS) October 2nd and Laliberte will meet with fellow Canadian, astronaut Bob Thirsk, who is on a 6 month stint in orbit with 5 others. Guy Laliberte is the first "Canadian" space tourist. Beats the hell out of swinging on a trapeze, I'll bet!
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cool up here in Smithers. Down to freezing at night and the mountains have a lot of new snow on them..and it AIN'T going away!
I'm involved in a local Theatre production we'll be presenting in November. It's an environmental Absurd/Comedy! Part of an evening of "Serious Comedy" with some other productions to raise money for the Skeena Conservation group. I'm enjoying life in Smithers. Sober & clean to boot!
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