Although she does not like the term, Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari is known as the “space tourist.” In 2006, she became the first self-funded woman and the first Muslim woman to fly on the International Space Station, which cost her twenty million dollars. She speaks about how the term ‘”space tourist” trivializes the experience as well as the intense training that she went through in order to qualify for the trip, the same training that astronauts are subjected to. This training included being spun on a centrifuge which often results in vomiting however Ansari was able to withstand the tough tasks involved. Her latest book “My Dream of Stars” shares her interests in Space and talks about the trip insisting that although some have criticized her for spending so much money that could have been used to help others in need, many young women who dream of being astronauts have been inspired by it.
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