US software pioneer Charles Simonyi waves goodbye at relatives and friends from a bus as he leaves his hotel for pre-flight preparation at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on March 26, 2009. Simonyi was to blast off on March 26 with American and Russian astronauts to become the first person in history to travel twice into space as a tourist. The three blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 11:49 GMT as Moscow doubles its launches to the International Space Station. AFP PHOTO /Sergei Remezov REUTERS/Sergei Remezov ( (Photo credit should read SERGEI REMEZOV/AFP/Getty Images)