ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu me kāna ʻike mua astronautic, Ex-Microsofter billionaire Charles Simonyi i kēia manawa ke aʻo nei no kahi huakaʻi ʻelua i ka International Space Station ma Spring 2009. ʻO Simonyi ka mea kūʻai mua loa ʻo Space Adventures mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka hui e hoʻouna i nā kamaʻāina pilikino i ka palena hope. i ka makahiki 2001.
ʻO ka manawa hope loa ʻo ia i hele ai (i ka makahiki 2007), ua uku ʻo Simonyi ma kahi o $20 miliona no ke komo ʻana i kahi noiʻi ʻana i nā ʻiʻo haʻahaʻa hope, palapala ʻāina i ke kaiapuni radiation o ke kahua a hoʻāʻo i nā ʻāpana kamera HD. I kēia manawa, pono ʻo ia e uku i $30 miliona no ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai.
