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Date of Birth |
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Childhood / Family |
Divorced with three children |
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Education |
Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronautics from New
York University, 1962; master of science in engineering from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, 1964. |
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Occupation |
Buisnessman |
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Military Service / Civilian |
Civilian |
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Space Training / Specialty |
Space tourist |
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Contribution to Space Travel |
First paying civilian tourist
in space. The flight makes the 60-year-old the 415th person in space -
and the first as a paying traveller. |
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Space Missions |
Soyuz TM32, April 28, 2001 |
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Interesting Fact(s) |
Paid $20,000,000.00 to ride the Russian spacecraft into space.
In 1972 he founded Wilshire Associates, a investment
management firm, Santa Monica, California. |
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Status |
California
money manager and multimillionaire. |
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Cited Source(s) |
http://www.space.com/peopleinterviews/tito_bio_010427.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1297924.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/04/30/space.tito.03/ http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/04/30/space.tito.02/index.html |
