X-woman trains for space

Cosmic Log, Alan Boyle May 5, 2006 | 8 p.m. ET (my email links)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12586173/#060505a

Iranian-born entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari, the woman behind the Ansari X
Prize's $10 million purse, has surfaced in Russia as a backup cosmonaut for
Sep's flight to the international space station - and it's likely that
she'll eventually realize her dream of going into space.