Space tourist is just one way to describe Simonyi

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AAA??Apr. 3, 2012?3:47 AM ET Space tourist is just one way to describe Simonyi DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIPDONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press?? Charles Simonyi, the only civilian to visit the International Space Station twice, poses for a photo Tuesday, March 27, 2012, as he looks through a window of the Soyuz TMA-14 descent module that took him to the International Space Station on his second trip into space, at the Seattle?s Museum of Flight?s new space gallery, which is named after him. The Microsoft billionaire is still obsessed with space, but has no plans to take a third trip, instead he's focused on publishing a physics book written by his father and continuing to work with the museum. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Charles Simonyi, the only civilian to visit the International Space Station twice, poses for a photo Tuesday, March 27, 2012, as he looks through a window of the Soyuz TMA-14 descent module that took him to the International Space Station on his second trip into space, at the Seattle?s Museum of Flight?s new space gallery, which is named after him. The Microsoft billionaire is still obsessed with space, but has no plans to take a third trip, instead he's focused on publishing a physics book written by his father and continuing to work with the museum. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this March 27, 2012, photo, Charles Simonyi, the only civilian to visit the International Space Station twice, poses for a photo next to the Soyuz TMA-14 descent module that took him to the International Space Station on his second trip into space, at the Seattle?s Museum of Flight?s new space gallery, which is named after him. The Microsoft billionaire is still obsessed with space, but has no plans to take a third trip, instead he's focused on publishing a physics book written by his father and continuing to work with the museum. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this Tuesday, March 27, 2012, photo, Charles Simonyi, the only civilian to visit the International Space Station twice, poses for a photo next to a space suit similar to the one he once wore at the Seattle?s Museum of Flight?s new space gallery, which is named after him, in Seattle. The Microsoft billionaire is still obsessed with space, but has no plans to take a third trip, instead he's focused on publishing a physics book written by his father and continuing to work with the museum. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this March 27, 2012, photo, Charles Simonyi, the only civilian to visit the International Space Station twice, poses for a photo next to a space suit similar to the one he once wore at the Seattle?s Museum of Flight?s new space gallery, which is named after him. The Microsoft billionaire is still obsessed with space, but has no plans to take a third trip, instead he's focused on publishing a physics book written by his father and continuing to work with the museum. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this Tuesday, March 27, 2012, photo, Charles Simonyi, the only civilian to visit the International Space Station twice, poses for a photo next to the Soyuz TMA-14 descent module that took him to the International Space Station on his second trip into space, at the Seattle?s Museum of Flight?s new space gallery, which is named after him, in Seattle. The Microsoft billionaire is still obsessed with space, but has no plans to take a third trip, instead he's focused on publishing a physics book written by his father and continuing to work with the museum. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) SEATTLE (AP) ? Charles Simonyi (sih-MOHN'-ee) may still be described as a space tourist even though he hasn't hung out in outer space for a few years. The Microsoft billionaire has no plans to take a third vacation on the International Space Station but he's still obsessed with space. He is heavily involved in the Seattle Museum of Flight's new space gallery. He runs his own software company and recently got involved in book publishing. The son of a Hungarian physicist, the 63-year-old just made one of his dad's dreams come true by helping translate the senior Simonyi's epic about physics into English. Associated Press

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