Entrepreneur Esther Dyson holds up a flare during her outdoor training to be a back-up spaceflight participant in the Star City space centre outside Moscow January 23, 2009. Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

Entrepreneur Esther Dyson holds up a flare during her outdoor training to be a back-up spaceflight participant in the Star City space centre outside Moscow January 23, 2009.

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