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• From: "Patrick Tufts" <zippy@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
• Date: Wed, 19 Dec 90 20:57:21 est

Haven't found that Christmas gift for that special someone?  Put 'em
in orbit!

NPR reported yesterday on an unusual lottery.  The Texas based 
Space Travel Services Corporation enters all callers to its 900 number
in a contest to win ... a free week-long ride in a Soviet space
station.  NPR quoted the Soviet Space Agency as denying any such
arrangement.

Today, NPR reported that the Texas based Space Travel Services Corporation 
provided documents showing they had an arrangement with the Soviet 
Space Agency that the winner of STS's (900) lottery would win:

	. 6 months astronaut training
	. One week in the Meir(sp?) Space Station (in orbit)

--Pat

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