First Clown in Space

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First Clown in Space

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Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil, told reporters he plans to tickle the professional astronauts while they're sleeping, and he's will also bring a consignment of red clown noses aboard. "I'm a person with a pretty high spirit, who's there to crack jokes and make jokes to those guys, and while they're sleeping, you know, I'll be tickling them," Mr Laliberte said.

The 50-year-old Canadian creator of the circus group is paying $35 million to blast off later this month on a Russian spacecraft, accompanying cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and astronaut Jeffrey Williams on the two-day journey to the station.

The three spoke to reporters ahead of their flight to the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where Soyuz is scheduled to blast off from on Sept. 30. Mr Laliberte hopes his 12-day stay aboard the station will help raise awareness of drinking water problems around the world when he hosts the first multimedia event from the station on Oct. 9 to highlight that crisis.

On a lighter note, he pulled out a handful of red clown noses from his pocket that he plans to give to the station crew. "This is the symbol of my mission, but it will also remind me that I should never forget I was once a kid," said Mr Laliberte, who began his entertainment career as a tightrope walker and fire-eater.

Mr Laliberte is expected to be the last private paying tourist to visit the station for some time as NASA prepares to take the space shuttle fleet out of operation.

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Pria yang menjadi badut pertama di luar angkasa mengatakan akan menghidupkan suasana di stasiun ruang angkasa internasional dengan memainkan lelucon pada astronot.

"Saya seseorang yang memiliki semangat cukup tinggi, dan membuat lelucon untuk orang-orang di sana," kata Guy Laliberte, pendiri Sirkus du Soleil.

Pria Kanada berusia 50 tahun pendiri kelompok sirkus itu, membayar US$35 juta untuk lepas landas akhir bulan mendatang dengan pesawat ruang angkasa Rusia. Dia menyertai kosmonot Maxim Surayev dan astronot Jeffrey Williams dalam perjalanan ke stasiun ruang angkasa.

Ketiganya berbicara kepada para wartawan mengenai rencana penerbangan mereka ke Kosmodom Baikonur di Kazakhstan, di mana Soyuz dijadwalkan lepas landas 30 September.

Laliberte berharap 12 hari tinggal di stasiun ruang angkasa akan membantu meningkatkan kesadaran akan masalah air minum di seluruh dunia ketika dia menjadi host acara multimedia pertama pada 9 Oktober.

Pada saat wawancara, ia mengeluarkan hidung badut merah dari sakunya dan berencana akan diberikan kepada awak stasiun. "Ini adalah simbol dari misi saya, tetapi juga akan mengingatkan bahwa saya harus tidak pernah lupa pernah menjadi seorang anak," kata Laliberte, yang memulai karir sebagai pejalan tali tegang dan pemakan api.

Pebisnis kelahiran Quebec ini diharapkan menjadi wisatawan terakhir yang membayar untuk mengunjungi stasiun ruang angkasa seiring persiapan NASA untuk mengambil armada pesawat ulang-alik

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