Ba a gamsu da kwarewarsa ta farko a sararin samaniya ba, tsohon hamshakin attajirin nan na Microsoft Charles Simonyi yanzu yana horo don tafiya ta biyu zuwa tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya a lokacin bazara 2009. Simonyi zai zama abokin ciniki na farko maimaicin Space Adventures tun lokacin da kamfanin ya fara aika 'yan ƙasa masu zaman kansu zuwa iyakar ƙarshe. a shekara ta 2001.
Lokaci na ƙarshe da ya tafi (a cikin 2007), Simonyi ya biya kusan dala miliyan 20 don shiga cikin nazarin tsoka na baya, taswirar yanayin radiation ta tashar da gwada abubuwan haɗin kyamara HD. A wannan karon, zai biya dala miliyan 30 sakamakon hauhawar farashin kayayyaki da kuma karin farashi.
