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Until the death of the universe does not separate: 10 years of the first cosmic wedding 09: 5509.08.2013 0276671
By the tenth anniversary of the first and so far the only "cosmic" wedding in the history, RIA Novosti tells about who is now ready to organize a marriage for you in the literal sense in heaven, how much it will cost and whether it will be possible to take bridesmaids and best men with you.
MOSCOW, Aug 9 RIA Novosti.
The weather in the American city of Houston in Texas on August 10, 2003, apparently, was warm, but according to American meteorologists there was a thunderstorm that day.
However, even hail at the end of summer could not spoil the wedding of an American of Russian origin Ekaterina Dmitrieva and her fiance Yuri Malenchenko, if only because the latter was about 380 kilometers above New Zealand at the solemn moment.
Russian cosmonaut Malenchenko proposed to his girlfriend back in December 2002, and around the same time the wedding was planned for August, but due to unexpected shifts in the flight schedule, Malenchenko was supposed to be on board the ISS on the cherished date.
This, as we all know now, did not stop the lovers, especially since according to the laws of Texas, a marriage can be concluded without the physical presence of one party, if there is a good reason for it.
By the tenth anniversary of the first and so far the only "cosmic" wedding in the history, RIA Novosti tells about who is now ready to organize a marriage for you in the literal sense in heaven, how much it will cost and whether it will be possible to take bridesmaids and best men with you.
Extraterrestrial love
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The ceremony was held in the mode of a teleconference with the American MCC in the presence of almost 200 people.
Instead of Malenchenko, his friend signed official documents, and the bride in a wedding dress and her groom, who added only a bow tie to the standard cosmonaut uniform, exchanged air kisses via video link.
American astronaut Edward Lu, with whom Malenchenko had previously flown on the shuttle Atlantis, acted as best man, performing the Mendelssohn march on a portable synthesizer.
The" wedding " flight to the ISS for Malenchenko was already the third in a row, and the dissatisfaction of the bosses, nevertheless, did not close the road to space for him, as many industry experts predicted: the Russian cosmonaut subsequently worked on the ISS in 2007 and 2012.
However, no one else will be able to repeat this number, apparently: they decided to add a special clause to the contracts signed by the ISS crews before the launch, prohibiting wedding ceremonies during the flight.
At the same time, American astronauts cannot fly to the ISS on a honeymoon: after 1992, relatives cannot work in the same crew according to NASA rules.
The first marriage is a lump
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Space tourists on the International Space Station
Private individuals, however, are not limited by any contracts, so it is not surprising that interest in such exotic weddings has not faded since then.
However, even 10 years later, the place in history for the first "civil" space wedding remains vacant: despite a huge number of plans and ambitious statements, no project has yet reached the stage of the first "Bitter!".
Probably the most public failure in this area can be called the project of the Japanese company First Advantage, about which only lazy did not write in 2008.
The Japanese, together with the American Rocketplane, the developer of the suborbital spacecraft of the same name, announced a unique service at that time: pay money, take a four — day express training course and the rings can be exchanged in zero gravity.
According to the company's ambitious plans, a space wedding would cost the bride and groom $ 2.3 million, and this amount included not only tickets to space for the couple, their two guests and a priest, but also a wedding dress, organization of a banquet on Earth, transportation and living expenses, as well as a live broadcast of the 60 minute ceremony.
Actually, the newlyweds and their guests could spend about five minutes in zero gravity.
First Advantage planned to organize the first wedding in space in 2011, but Rocketplane was unable to fulfill the terms of the contract with NASA, under which the Rocketplane XP spacecraft was created, and in 2010 declared bankruptcy.
Probably, the Americans who were most upset were Cindy Cashman and Mitch Walling, who, as noted in numerous articles of that time, planned to become the first customers of First Advantage.
Wedding Ships
Virgin Galactic may send the first flight into space in 1-1.
5 years
Today, those who want to go down in history in an "extraterrestrial" way have only a little more choice than five years ago.
Most of the projects are still at the stage of ground tests at best.
Only Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and the Dutch Space Expedition Corporation are doing a little better.
Both of them expect that the first commercial flights will take place in the middle of 2014, while Branson's company has already announced a "queue" of about 600 people.
According to various sources, among them may be Kate Winslet and her husband, Branson's nephew Ned Rocknroll, who were already married in New York State at the end of last year, but want to continue the banquet, as well as Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, who also dream of a wedding trip to orbit.
One ticket for Branson's SpaceShipTwo will cost 250 thousand dollars, while the Dutch promise to take you into space on the Lynx ship developed by XCOR Aerospace, "just" for 100 thousand.
However, if the capacity of SpaceShipTwo is six passengers and two crew members, then no one, except the bride and groom, will fit in a double Lynx.
© REUTERS/ Michael Berrigan
The tale of the "Dragon" who changed his mind
If a short flight to an altitude of about 100 kilometers is not enough for you, you can contact Space Adventures — this company has sent all the tourists available today into space.
The head of the company, Eric Anderson, in 2008 estimated the cost of a flight on a specially modified Russian Soyuz around the Moon at $ 100 million per person, last year seats on a lunar trip were already sold for 150 million.
The first wedding in orbit around the Moon may take place as early as 2017 if Space Adventures succeeds.
We can hope that numerous companies that develop manned spacecraft for NASA will think of using them as "space limousines" for those who want to ride into near Earth orbit for a wedding.
Now there are such projects at different stages, for example, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Boeing, ATK, Astrium, Excalibur Almaz, as well as SpaceX, which is the only one that has really launched its Dragon into space and is now rapidly converting it from a cargo ship to a passenger ship.
Wedding in red tones
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Five questions for those who will send people to Mars without a return ticket
Finally, there are extreme options.
If the bride and groom want an even more historic wedding and do not want to live together with their mother in law and mother in law, respectively, they can take part in the Mars One project, which started this year.
If the couple manages to bypass about a million competitors in a multi — stage reality show (according to the organizers ' estimates) and become part of the first crew, then in 2023 they will have a one way flight to Mars.
It will also be possible to get married there, and one of the other two colleagues-"Martians"will be able to hold the first wedding in the history of the new Martian colony.
Only one of the many inconveniences that the couple will have to put up with is the broadcast of the ceremony live to the whole world, while the wedding of Malenchenko and Dmitrieva was not shown on the official NASA TV.
Registration in Mars One closes on August 31, so those who liked this option should hurry up with a marriage proposal.
© INSPIRATION MARS FOUNDATION
Space tourist Tito will send a married couple to see Mars
If you are more interested in the idea of a Martian wedding trip with a return home, you can, together with your spouse, pass the selection and become the first participants in the project of the Inspiration Mars Foundation, created by the first space tourist Dennis Tito.
The estimated date of the 501 day flight to the Red Planet and back is already known January 5, 2018, and the next opportunity will be presented only in 2031.
So far, there is no information about the entrance fees or the fee for participation in the project, so theoretically, such a honeymoon may be free.
At the same time, you need to get married in time for the start of the selection — the foundation is looking for a married couple for the first flight, because the crew members will have to share only 35 cubic meters of living space for two, half of which will initially be occupied by supplies.
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Until the death of the Universe does not separate: 10 years of the first cosmic wedding 09: 55 09/08/2013 On the tenth anniversary of the first and so far the only "cosmic" wedding in history, RIA Novosti tells about who is now ready to organize a marriage for you in the literal sense in heaven, how much it will cost and whether it will be possible to take bridesmaids and best men with you.
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