VIENNA, Virginia, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --
- Australian entrepreneur and investment wealth strategist selected
Today, Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences
company, announced that Nik Halik of Australia has been chosen to train as
the back-up crew member alongside our orbital spaceflight candidate, famed
game developer and son of former NASA astronaut, Richard Garriott, who is
currently planning a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in
October.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080128/NEM096 )
"Through his participation as a back-up crew member, Nik will experience
first-hand how our clients train for spaceflight and he, himself, will be
certified as a 'fully-trained cosmonaut' and will be named to an official
space mission crew, a distinction that less than 1,000 people have ever had,"
said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures.
"I am thrilled to be chosen as Richard's back-up. I have dreamed of
flying to space ever since I was a young boy. I watched recordings of Neil
Armstrong's first steps on the moon's surface and I vowed to follow," said
Nik Halik. "The space station will be my first stop, with my eyes focused on
the moon."
"Not only is Nik a successful entrepreneur, but he is also an avid
adventurer. Among his various expeditions, he was the first Australian to
dive down five miles and land on the bow of the Titanic and he will be the
first civilian from Australia to travel to space," added Mr. Anderson.
"Nik and I have similar exploratory backgrounds and we'll have many
stories to share during our time together in StarCity. I look forward to
train with him because not only is it meant to prepare myself for flight, but
also to prepare Nik for his future flight. I definitely will be on-hand for
his eventual launch to space," said Mr. Garriott.
The price of the program is $3,000,000 (USD) which includes the
required spaceflight training costs, along with accommodations in StarCity
and other training locations.
About Nik Halik:
Nik Halik, born in Australia to Greek immigrant parents, is the CEO and
founder of several companies including Financial Freedom Institute and Money
Masters. As an international wealth strategist, he has conducted over 100
'Mind and Wealth Prosperity' conferences globally and mentored investors in
maximizing their wealth accumulation. His latest book that will be published
and globally released in March 2008, "The Thrillionaire", is an autobiography
that also provides astute investment strategies. Mr. Halik is also an
adventurer. He has lead expeditions to Antarctica, Africa and the Amazon with
his adventure company, ADVENTURE ODYSSEY. Mr. Halik is a mountaineer, having
summited several of the highest peaks in the world with an Everest climb
planned for 2009. Nik is also an avid stormchaser in the U.S. Midwest's
Tornado Alley. He is 38 years-old and resides amongst his homes in the Greek
Islands, Morocco and Australia.
About Space Adventures:
Space Adventures, the company that organized the flights for the world's
first private space explorers: Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttleworth, Greg Olsen,
Anousheh Ansari and Charles Simonyi, is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with an
office in Moscow. It offers a variety of programs such as the availability
today for spaceflight missions to the International Space Station and around
the moon, Zero-Gravity flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification
programs and reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. For more
information, please visit http://www.spaceadventures.com.
Web site: http://www.spaceadventures.com
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