Space tourist returns safely to earth

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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

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Everyone. You can resume breathing normally as U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and the rest of the Russian-American space crew returned to earth from their space trip.We know you were worried about the space tourist after the original landing site was changed as it was deemed too swampy.

But thankfully God always watches over the ultra-rich and ensured a safe landing for the only space tourist to visit the ISS twice. After all, it would be a waste to see someone who paid 60 million for two space trips crash and burn.

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