Enganelisekanga ngamava akhe okuqala e-astronautic, Ex-Microsofter billionaire uCharles Simonyi ngoku uqeqeshelwa uhambo lwesibini ukuya kwiSikhululo samazwe ngamazwe seSithuba ngeNtwasahlobo ka-2009. USimonyi uya kuba ngumthengi wokuqala ophinda i-Space Adventures okoko inkampani yaqala ukuthumela abemi babucala kumda wokugqibela. ngo-2001.
Ukugqibela kwakhe ukuhamba (ngo-2007), uSimonyi wahlawula malunga ne-20 yezigidi zeedola ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwisifundo esisezantsi semisipha, kwimephu yendawo yemitha yesikhululo kunye nokuvavanya izinto zekhamera ye-HD. Ngeli xesha, kuya kufuneka ahlawule i-30 yezigidi zeedola ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso kunye nokunyuka kweendleko.
