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"NASA officials have complained bitterly about Tito's flight, fearing that his presence will at best disrupt work aboard the station and at worst put the lives of other crew members in danger. The space agency wants the trip postponed until October so that Tito can train on U.S. space station systems. But since the ISS is an international project, they can't tell the Russians whom they can and can't bring up for a visit..."
http://articles.latimes.com/2001/apr/12/news/mn-50121
"Space traveller Dennis Tito, who returned safely on Sunday from his stay on the International Space Station, has reacted angrily to the US space agency's bitter reaction to his trip.
While Tito was aboard the ISS last week, snapping photos out the windows, preparing meals for himself and the two cosmonauts and helping out with other household chores, Nasa chief Daniel Goldin lashed out at the tourist at a US congressional hearing in Washington.
He claimed that Nasa workers were under stress because they had to work to ensure the safety of a nonprofessional aboard the station. He suggested that Tito should have waited, like American movie director James Cameron, who apparently decided to delay his trip until the space station is ready for tourists. Cameron was "an American patriot," Goldin said..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2001/may/08/spaceexploration
http://articles.latimes.com/2001/apr/12/news/mn-50121
"Space traveller Dennis Tito, who returned safely on Sunday from his stay on the International Space Station, has reacted angrily to the US space agency's bitter reaction to his trip.
While Tito was aboard the ISS last week, snapping photos out the windows, preparing meals for himself and the two cosmonauts and helping out with other household chores, Nasa chief Daniel Goldin lashed out at the tourist at a US congressional hearing in Washington.
He claimed that Nasa workers were under stress because they had to work to ensure the safety of a nonprofessional aboard the station. He suggested that Tito should have waited, like American movie director James Cameron, who apparently decided to delay his trip until the space station is ready for tourists. Cameron was "an American patriot," Goldin said..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2001/may/08/spaceexploration