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| 2deep |
Anousheh Ansari is scheduled to travel into space Monday aboard a Russian rocket, becoming the first woman space tourist.
Age: 40, born Sept. 12, 1966, in Mashhad, a city in northern Iran.
Education: Bachelor's degree in electronics and computer engineering from George Mason University in Virginia; master's degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University.
Career: Co-founder and chief executive of telecom technologies inc., a maker of software for switching signals on phone networks in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas. Company was sold in 2000 to Sonus Networks Inc., which says it paid $552.6 million in Sonus stock. Was a vice president at Sonus. Co-founded venture-capital and home-networking-technology firm Prodea Systems Inc. in Plano, Texas. Helped finance the Ansari X Prize in 2002, which paid $10 million to the operators of SpaceShipOne for being first to make two successful privately financed manned trips into space.
Family: Lives in Plano with husband, Hamid, who co-founded the Ansari companies. No children.
Quote: "People think they reach the height of their life at age 40. I'm hoping this is just the beginning of another hill that I will be climbing."
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| starsearcher |
Cool cool...she took off yesterday - saw the pics, looked spectacular :).
And there I thought Lance Bass was going to be the first woman tourist in space ;) |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
Cool cool...she took off yesterday - saw the pics, looked spectacular :).
And there I thought Lance Bass was going to be the first woman tourist in space ;) |
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Good for her! |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
:stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
Good for her! |
Well, I suppose there are worse ways to spend your money |
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