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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=111234620-10102008>A
messge from Don Shamino/Richard......</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eule/Steve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Estrangelo Edessa" size=2><STRONG><EM>Unus sed
Leo</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In my speed to
respond, I failed to realize how many people were on this
thread....</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will soon be off the net, even off
the earth, for a time.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Let me take a moment to say thanks
to all of you!</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My family, my friends and my
co-workers who are also family to me.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am just over a day from launch, it
is a much more emotional time than I
expected.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have thouroghly enjoyed my
training and the people I have met along this
journey.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But I have regularly thought of you
all as well.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I wish you could all be here to
share in this whole experience.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Many of you have been with my for
years and years and truely helped me make this journey, and so I hope you get
something out of this as well.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will be home in a few short weeks,
though I have threatened to stow away,and I think they are beginning to believe
me.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Many Trainers, Astronauts and
Cosmonauts have even helped me plan for it!)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When I get home I will have lots of
stories and pictures to share.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In fact I already
do.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would say my time has already been
worth while, and I have yet to even fly.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please send my love to all of our
friends, co-workers and those that play with
us.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I hope you get a chance to
watch.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a message for you durring
launch. :)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> -
Richard</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Link (with pics): </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><A
href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVmXiJGB7S--M-E06nd_2DUW5sqQD93NLDP80">http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVmXiJGB7S--M-E06nd_2DUW5sqQD93NLDP80</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Spacecraft moved to
launch pad ahead of ISS flight</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></B></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<P class=hn-byline style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#676767 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #676767; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By
PETER LEONARD –</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=apple-converted-space><FONT
color=#676767><SPAN
style="COLOR: #676767"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=hn-byline style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan
(AP) — Friends and family of the world's next space tourist — including his
astronaut father — watched Friday as the rocket for the voyage was placed on a
launch pad in Kazakhstan for its weekend takeoff to the International Space
Station.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, mounted on a three-stage rocket, traveled at daybreak
for 3 miles by railroad from an assembly hangar to the Baikonur launch
area.<SPAN class=111234620-10102008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=111234620-10102008> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On
Sunday it blasts off with American software millionaire Richard Garriott on
board. Garriott paid $30 million dollars to travel to the International Space
Station, where he will spend about 10 days taking photographs and conducting a
range of medical and physical experiments.<SPAN class=111234620-10102008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=111234620-10102008> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also on the flight
will be <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> astronaut Michael Fincke and
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Launch preparations
were going well, International Space Station Program deputy manager Kirk
Shireman said Friday.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"It
has been very efficient and very quick. It's a system and a process that has
worked tremendously successfully over the years," he said. "We're looking
forward to a successful launch on Sunday."<SPAN class=111234620-10102008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=111234620-10102008> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
rocket's installation at the launch pad was watched by dozens of friends,
colleagues and family members, including Garriott's father, Owen, a two-time
space traveler who took extensive photographs of the Earth's surface during his
stay on the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> orbital station Skylab in
1973.<SPAN class=111234620-10102008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=111234620-10102008> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Garriott is a board
member and investor in Space Adventures, Ltd., a U.S.-based company that has
organized flights aboard Russian craft for five other millionaires including the
first paying space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito, in
2001.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He
plans to carry out experiments during his voyage, including one involving
protein crystal growth, on behalf of companies that he says have footed a
"meaningful percentage" of the bill.<SPAN class=111234620-10102008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=111234620-10102008> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He has also said he
would take photos to record how the Earth's surface has changed in the 35 years
since his father's voyage.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
launch is scheduled for 3:01 a.m. EDT Sunday.<SPAN
class=111234620-10102008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=111234620-10102008> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Garriott returns to
Earth later this month with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Volkov, who has been at the
space station since April.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Volkov also has
followed his father, a decorated cosmonaut from the Soviet era, in traveling to
space. But Garriott was unable to do so as an astronaut due to poor
eyesight.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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