Space turisi-to-be Richard Garriott o loʻo aveina talosaga mo le mea ono avea ma sili postbards poste mai le international space station.

Garriott, o se aʻoaʻoga mo taʻaloga komipiuta a Amerika mo le tatalaina o Oketopa, o le a puʻeina ata masani o le Lalolagi mo le tusa ma le 200 o loʻo totogi le aufaʻatau i lalo o le faiga paaga ma le polokalame "Earth Portraits" a le Association of Space Explorers ma le space space ma memorabilia Web site Collectory. com

"O le Association of Space Explorers 'Earth Portraits ua mafai ai ona ou maua se auala e faʻasoa ai le fiafia o le vaʻai atu i le Lalolagi mai le taʻamilosaga ma tagata fiafia mai le salafa o le lalolagi," Garriott, 46, fai mai i se faamatalaga. "Ou te tulimatai atu e ave a latou ata mai le vanimonimo."

Faʻavae i Austin, Texas, Garriott o loʻo totogiina le $ 30 miliona mo lana fuafuaga Oketopa. O loʻo ia fuafuaina e faʻatino se tele o faʻataʻitaʻiga ma aʻoaʻoga faʻalauiloa aʻoaʻoga i le taimi o lana vaʻalele e faʻaopoopo i le Earth Portraits polokalama.

Garriott na atiaʻe le Ultima i luga ole laiga ma Tabula Rasa komipiuta taʻaloga, ma o le ataliʻi o le NASA astronaut Owen Garriott.

O le ASE leai se polofiti o se vaega o le 300 felelei astronauts ma cosmonauts mai 32 atunuʻu. I le avea ai o se vaega o le Polokalama a le Lalolagi Faʻatonu, o se aofaʻi faʻatapulaʻaina o le aufaitau 200 e mafai ona totogia le $ 500 i le fasi pepa ina ia vave ona puʻeina e Garriott se ata o soʻo se nofoaga i luga o le Lalolagi, pe afai e vaʻaia mai le avanoa i le taimi o lana vaiaso atoa. O le latitu moni ma le tulimanu o le nofoaga e manaʻomia e talosaga ai se Potu o le Lalolagi, ma faʻataʻitaʻiga uma ua tatau ona maeʻa ia Me 23.

"O le vaʻaiga o le Lalolagi mai le vanimonimo na avea ma tagata mataʻutia tagata folau vaʻaia ma atulautele talu mai Yuri Gagarin na alaga faapea 'Ua ou vaʻai i le Lalolagi! E ese le matagofie! ' i luga o lana faigamalaga i Aperila 1961, ”o le tala lea a Andy Turnage, o le faʻatonu sili o le ASE. "Matou te mitamita i le avea ma muamua e ofoina atu i tagata lautele o latou avanoa e anaina ai latou ata tulaga ese o latou nuu poʻo isi nofoaga e fiafia iai i luga o le Lalolagi."

Ina ua maeʻa lona toe foi mai i le Lalolagi, Garriott o le a vaʻaia ata uma ma aofia ai se puʻupuʻu faʻapitoa tala o le tagata fai saofaga filifiliga.

O le ata e 8-i le-10 inisi le faamoemoe e aofia ai le lautele o le 18 i le 28 maila (30 i le 45 km) i le iugafono pe tusa ma le 100 futu ma tiliva ia Fepuari 2009, fai mai le au ofisa o le polokalame. Taʻitasi tagata saofaga o le a ulufale foi i se bonus raffle e manumalo ai i se mea taua na felelei i le avanoa ma Garriott, latou faaopoopo.

Ina ua maeʻa lona toe foi mai i le Lalolagi, Garriott o le a vaʻaia ata uma ma aofia ai se puʻupuʻu faʻapitoa tala o le tagata fai saofaga filifiliga.

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As part of the Earth Portraits program, a limited number of 200 subscribers can pay $500 a piece to have Garriott snap a photo of any location on Earth, so long as it is visible from the space station during his week-long stay.
The 8-by-10 inch photograph is expected to cover an area of about 18 by 28 miles (30 by 45 km) at a resolution of about 100 feet and be delivered in February 2009, program officials said.
The 8-by-10 inch photograph is expected to cover an area of about 18 by 28 miles (30 by 45 km) at a resolution of about 100 feet and be delivered in February 2009, program officials said.