Get married in space for $2.4m


	Get married in space for $2.4m

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7-1-2008 5:14 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da7703f1-2267-494e-ad19-d56472f27383/417791F5-CDFF-4A93-8545-C284C2C1F499/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23953169-5005940,00.html" href="http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23953169-5005940,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23953169-5005940,00.html"><P class="standfirst"><STRONG>A JAPANESE firm is accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap - by blasting into space to exchange their wedding vows.</STRONG></P><DIV>
	Each happy couple will spend 240 million yen ($2.4 million) for the ceremony in a small space vessel, which will shoot up 100km into the sky.</DIV> <BR /><DIV>During the hour-long flight, the couple will spend several minutes in zero gravity during which they will exchange their vows with up to three guests present, said Taro Katsura, a spokesman for Japanese firm First Advantage.</DIV> <BR /><DIV>The couple would perform most of the ceremony before takeoff "so that they can say their vows and look out the window," Mr Katsura said.</DIV> <BR /><DIV>The firm is offering the space marriages in a tie-up with US-based Rocket Plane, which will conduct the flights from a private airport in Oklahoma.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/417791F5-CDFF-4A93-8545-C284C2C1F499/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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