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Lift Off!(Juan Pablo Nigita)(Brief Article)

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| October 15, 2001 | Beith, Malcolm | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Name the first tourist in space!" Nineteen-year-old Juan Pablo Nigita, from Argentina, did--identifying U.S. businessman Dennis Tito. Nigita's prize from his Internet provider: a trip to... you guessed it. But he's only going as far as the stratosphere--no space stations. PERI caught up with him as he prepared to take off later this month in a Russian spy plane for a three-hour whirl 15 miles above the Earth:

Did you dream of this day?

Not really. I just entered the competition.

...
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