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	Space Tourist Discussions Between Russia and US Delayed By Associated Press posted: 10:32 am ET 27 December 2001

MOSCOW (AP) -- Negotiations over the next space tourist hoping to travel to the International Space Station have been delayed because of changes in NASA leadership, the head of the Russian space agency said Wednesday.

Talks between Russian and U.S. officials on South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth's eight-day trip to the station, set for April and May, won't begin until February, Yuri Koptev told the ITAR-Tass news agency.

Shuttleworth would be the second so-called space tourist after Dennis Tito, a California tycoon who paid a reported $20 million for the trip. Koptev declined to say exactly how much Shuttleworth will pay, but said "it will be smaller than that paid" by Tito, according to ITAR-Tass.

Earlier this month, Russian officials had said they completed a contract with Shuttleworth and NASA had confirmed it agreed to the plan.

Shuttleworth has said he doesn't like the label of "tourist" and intends to do research on his journey.

Tito's trip angered the U.S. space agency, with NASA saying he was not adequately trained and that he could possibly jeopardize crew safety. Russia ignored the protests.

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