Quite apart from the fact that he could afford to do this, this man seems almost spiritual about his experience, recalling many of the interviews with astronauts who have walked on the moon. Such simple but moving descriptions. And I think he's entirely correct when he says that there are many, many people alive today who would pay every penny they have to have this experience.

Also it's hilarious that NASA turned him down, but when he approached the Russian Federal Space Agency, they pretty much said: "???? ????????????, ?????????? ?????????????? ??????? ????????????????????, ???????????????????? ?????????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ?????????????????? ?? ?????????????? ???????????????????? ??????????????!"
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