A couple of announcements by recent and prospective space tourists yesterday:
Anousheh Ansari announced that she will collaborate with noted author Homer Hickam to write her memoirs. The book will recount Ansari’s journey from teenaged immigrant from Iran to her business successes to her flight to the ISS last fall. Proceeds from the book, which doesn’t yet have a publisher or a publication date, will be donated to charity. The fact that Ansari and Hickam—best known for his own rocket-inspired coming-of-age memoir, Rocket Boys—are collaborating isn’t a surprise: the two met in Huntsville back in December and, when asked about working together on a book, Hickam said “We may talk about that. It could happen.”
Meanwhile, publicists for prospective space tourist Charles Simonyi announced that Simonyi’s web site devoted to the mission has been updated with videos and other “rich new content”. The site, CharlesInSpace.com, isn’t new—it was announced in October—but it does appear to have some more material. The site does still have a flashy (and Flash-y) interface that can be sluggish, and his blog hasn’t been updated since January 22.
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