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	Mark Shuttleworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mark Shuttleworth arrived at the ISS on April 27, 2002.
		Mark Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur.
		Shuttleworth was born in Welkom, Free State, South Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth (391 words)

	CBS News \| Space Tourist Comes Back To Earth \| May 5, 2002 16:47:39
		Shuttleworth, Flight Commander Yuri Gidzenko and rookie Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori were gingerly lifted out of the craft, given a quick medical checkup and then whisked off for a series of homecoming celebrations that culminated in their arrival at Russia's Star City for a few days of "rehabilitation."
		Back in Moscow, Shuttleworth's mother, Patronelle, who spent the night at Mission Control, covered her face with her hands during the landing, peeked occasionally at giant monitor, and burst into tears after the successful touchdown was announced.
		Shuttleworth is also taking home two big souvenirs — the three-ton Soyuz capsule that brought the trio back to Earth and the bulky spacesuit that protected him during the fiery descent.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/05/05/tech/main508063.shtml (976 words)

	Open Source Software \| Power and Future of Opensource \| Mark Shuttleworth
		Mark was born in the dusty gold-mining town of Welkom in South Africa, and grew up in Cape Town.
		Mark is no longer involved at Thawte, but is very proud of the way it has continued to go from strength to strength under new management.
		Mark was privileged to spend 8 days working on the ISS, conducting a program of South African science experiments and enjoying the extraordinary environment of weightlessness before coming back to earth with a bump.
	www.i2ko.com /Resources/Open_Source_Software.html (1425 words)

	Mark Shuttleworth » Biography
		Mark Shuttleworth is an African entrepreneur with a love of technology, innovation and space flight.
		Mark was born in the dusty gold-mining town of Welkom in South Africa, and grew up in beautiful Cape Town.
		The Shuttleworth Foundation funds projects that have the potential to bring about dramatic improvements to some aspect of the education system and hopes to improve both the quality and the reach of education in Africa.
	www.markshuttleworth.com /biography (1067 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: SAfrica-Russia-space: South African millionaire ready for blast-off as second space tourist - April 18, ...
		Shuttleworth, 28, is to blast off on April 25 in a Soyuz capsule with Russian commander Yury Gidzenko and Italian engineer Roberto Vittori.
		Shuttleworth said he had planned to be a crew member rather than just a tourist from the start.
		Shuttleworth will also study the development of rat and ewe stem cells -- cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in culture and to give rise to specialized cells -- in microgravity.
	www.aegis.com /news/afp/2002/AF020454.html (608 words)

	SPACE.com -- Soyuz Lands, Shuttleworth's Space Adventure Concludes
		A view of the Soyuz spacecraft that is to carry South African Mark Shuttleworth home to Earth after a week-long stay aboard the International Space Station.
		Shuttleworth's mother, Patronelle, who spent the night at Mission Control, covered her face with her hands during the landing, peeked occasionally at the big screen monitoring the landing, and burst into tears after the successful touchdown was announced.
		But Shuttleworth's mission was jam-packed with experiments and projects, enough to keep the world's second paying space tourist busy at work from 6 a.m.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/soyuz_am_020505.html (839 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Space tourist lifts off
		Mark Shuttleworth - who is the first African to go into space - has paid the cash-strapped Russian space agency for his ticket.
		Mr Shuttleworth will be allowed to use space station laptops for e-mail after he arrives on Saturday and will have limited use of US communication systems to beam down video and photographs.
		The Soyuz craft transporting Mr Shuttleworth and his two colleagues is expected to dock with the ISS on Saturday at 0757 GMT.
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1945000/1945950.stm (533 words)

	Mark Shuttleworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mark Shuttleworth is a 28 year old afronaut and has gone up to space for 8 days.
		Mark Shuttleworth followed his dream and his dream was to go to space.
		Mark travelled to space in a shuttle called Soyuz.He is called a cosmonaut because he travelled in the Russian part of the International Space Station.
	www.wcape.school.za /mickle/mark.htm (970 words)

	GUADEC 2005 Speakers
		Mark studied finance and information technology at the University of Cape Town, and went on to found Thawte, a company specializing in digital certificates and Internet privacy.
		In April 2002, Mark flew in space, as a cosmonaut member of the crew of Soyuz mission TM34 to the International Space Station.
		Mark was born and raised in South Africa.
	2005.guadec.org /schedule/speakers.html#speaker-mark-shuttleworth (5774 words)

	Untitled Document
		Mark Shuttleworth: I think that when we look at the continent there is an enormous amount of diversity: cultural, ethnic and language diversity.
		Mark Shuttleworth: One of the things that really struck me from space was seeing the fragility of the earth, and particularly the fragility of the atmosphere that protects us.
		Mark Shuttleworth: The most gratifying aspect about flying into space was the excitement it created amongst the youth.
	www.accord.org.za /ct/2002-2/accordc_2002_n2_a6.html (902 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| space tourist \| news Mark Shuttleworth lands back on Earth
		Shuttleworth was the last of the crew to come out, and all three were carried to a nearby medical tent for their first checkups.
		Back in Moscow, Shuttleworth's mother, Patronelle, who spent the night at Mission Control, covered her face with her hands during the landing, peeked occasionally at the big screen monitoring the landing, and burst into tears after the successful touchdown was announced.
		But Shuttleworth's mission was jam-packed with experiments and projects, enough to keep the world's second paying space tourist busy at work from 6.00am to about 11:30pm most days.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /spacetourist/news/935985.htm (803 words)

	Space passenger senses momentum - Space News - MSNBC.com
		Shuttleworth told NBC’s “Today” show on Monday that he believes space officials are becoming increasingly open to the opportunities made possible by privately funded flights like his 10-day, multimillion-dollar trip.
		Shuttleworth’s flight generated far less controversy than Tito’s, and the South African told NBC that he sensed NASA was becoming far more comfortable with the concept of privately funded space flight.
		Shuttleworth said all three of the crew members had a rough couple of days after their landing.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3077958 (904 words)

	Interview with Mark Shuttleworth
		Mark is interviewed in one of the episodes..
		Mark is a great guy, He had a lot of time for the people at lug radio live 2005, I had a long talk with him and He is a really down to earth type of guy with great views and philosophy on the people and world around him.
		On the linux side of things a number of the debian team at the lug radio live 2005 show had only good things to say about mark and feel that ubuntu is helping debian rather than being a side project that takes away from debian so that's got to be good stuff.
	digg.com /linux_unix/Interview_with_Mark_Shuttleworth (596 words)

	Mark Shuttleworth - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mark Shuttleworth is known as the 'first African' in space.
		As if this would not be enough, the Project is a brainchild of Mark Shuttleworth, with all his funding capabilities, and he is dedicated to "make it the best desktop and server OS around, period!".
		Now it is obvious, that Shuttleworth is intelligent enough to have noticed, that people of 'African roots' aren't, on average, quite on the same level when it comes to innovation, business intelligence or software engineering, compared to people such as Mr.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=198689 (522 words)

	SPACE.com -- Shuttleworth Declares Voyage 'Wonderful Experience' After Return to Earth
		Shuttleworth, Soyuz commander Yuri Gidzenko and rookie Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori were gingerly lifted out of the craft, given a quick medical checkup and then whisked off for a series of homecoming celebrations that culminated in their arrival at Russia's Star City for a few days of "rehabilitation.''
		After undocking from the space station, Shuttleworth and the crew backed away a safe distance before firing their braking rockets at 10:57 p.m.
		Shuttleworth is also taking home two big souvenirs -- the three-ton remainder of the Soyuz capsule that brought the trio back to Earth and the bulky spacesuit that protected him during the fiery descent.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/soyuz_pm_020505.html (1161 words)

	CNN.com - Next challenge for space industry - Oct 25, 2004
		Shuttleworth: Russians are very good at certifying you, so if you really go through that full process you really do feel like you have graduated.
		Shuttleworth: We're just starting to see the first private vehicles being certified as safe for flight, carrying passengers to the edge of space and back.
		Shuttleworth: Clearly there is a lot of American capital going into private space flight at this stage.
	www.cnn.com /2004/TECH/10/25/spark.shuttleworth (2347 words)

	Space Adventures — Space Adventures Announces Second Client To Fly To The International Space Station < ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shuttleworth follows in the footsteps of Space Adventures' first orbital space flight client -- and the world's first private space explorer -- Dennis Tito, who flew to the ISS in April 2001.
		Shuttleworth's progress and our efforts to advance private space exploration by facilitating our second flight contract for a private explorer." More orbital flights are available through Space Adventures.
		In support of Shuttleworth's flight, Space Adventures is organizing a VIP tour for media and space enthusiasts to Baikonur, Kazakhstan to witness the Soyuz launch, another milestone in space tourism, in April 2002.
	www.spaceadventures.com /press/120501.html (682 words)

	The Shuttleworth Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mark Shuttleworth, established the Shuttleworth Foundation in October 2000 with the belief that education is the key to unlocking the creative and intellectual potential of the South African youth, allowing them to live the dream that “anything is possible”.
		One of the main objectives of the Shuttleworth Foundation is to invest in projects that provide innovative solutions to educational challenges in an African context.
		The Shuttleworth Foundation established its Open Source team to unite the South African open source community and provide a resource for showcasing the numerous South African open source projects and activities.
	www.shuttleworthfoundation.org (273 words)

	Bridges.org - Mark Shuttleworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mark Shuttleworth is an African entrepreneur with a particular interest in the way communications technology will reshape Africa's social, political and economic landscape.
		He was born and raised in South Africa, studied Finance and Information Systems at the University of Cape Town, and founded Thawte immediately after graduation.
		Mark's role in the creation of Thawte, together with his interest in communications technologies and his Afro-optimism has pushed him into the spotlight as a commentator, speaker and leader of the new economy in Africa.
	www.bridges.org /about/team/shuttleworth.html (217 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Profile: Second space tourist
		Mr Shuttleworth is using the money to fulfil the dream of becoming the first African in space.
		His education foundation, The Shuttleworth Foundation, is creating software to help schools in developing countries.
		Mr Shuttleworth says he is learning Russian and can follow 70% of the cockpit conversation between mission commander Yuri Gidzenko and the ground crew.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1937802.stm (356 words)

	ARRLWeb: Shuttleworth Continues Busy Week in Space
		Shuttleworth said he also was studying muscle degradation and at the ways humans burn energy in space.
		In answer to a later question, Shuttleworth noted that the weightless environment makes possible some physiological and physical research that cannot be done within the influence of Earth's gravity.
		Listen to Mark Shuttleworth aboard the ISS speak with students in Gauteng, South Africa [10:18] ARRL thanks WorldCom for making this audio clip available.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/2002/05/02/3 (668 words)

	ARRLWeb: Shuttleworth Concludes Fourth Successful South African School QSO
		"Mark Shuttleworth has been extremely appreciative of what we have done." Bauer was at the controls of NN1SS at Goddard Space Flight Center for the QSO, which was teleconferenced to South Africa via a WorldCom linkup.
		Shuttleworth said he's been spending about half of his time working on his research projects and the other half working with the ISS crew.
		Shuttleworth paid $20 million to be part of the Soyuz "taxi crew," which is exchanging the current Soyuz "lifeboat" at the ISS for a new one.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/2002/05/03/100?nc=1 (597 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| space tourist \| news Greetings earthlings
		Mark had this to say about his looming mission: "I don't expect my flight to produce a generation of astronauts and cosmonauts back home, but I hope it will encourage people to pursue their dreams."
		Shuttleworth’s mother Ronelle told journalists this morning that “it was an incredible moment” and that while she had mixed feelings about the mission, she still felt proud of her son who had made his dreams come true.
		Mark’s brother Grant (27) who sang a special song to Mark on the night before the blast said Mark was overwhelmed and simply said: “That was an amazing song”.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /spacetourist/news/931807.htm (419 words)

	Mark Shuttleworth Offering Bounties to Mozilla Developers - MozillaZine Talkback
		Mark Shuttleworth writes: "I'm offering some bounties to Mozilla developers that are looking for small projects to work on.
		To make this kind of thing work, you would have to be very clear in specifying what was required and what kind of code was wanted, and have procedures for making decisions, appealing decisions, resolving disputes, etc etc. You'd probably need lawyers involved.
		The folder filing stuff Mark has asked for as an extension, which should be ok as it can be self contained.
	www.mozillazine.org /talkback.html?article=4046 (1556 words)

	PUK:Mark Shuttleworth inspires students
		Mark Shuttleworth inspired students with his presentation, “Turning Upstarts into Start-ups”.
		Mark highlighted the rewards that starting your own business can have through the sale of his Internet security company, Thawte Consulting, to the US company, Verisign, for $575 million in 2000.
		From left: prof Okkie de Jager, Mark Shuttleworth, prof Frikkie van Niekerk, mr Barend Visser and mr Riaan Oberholzer.
	www.puk.ac.za /nuus/eng/2003/news128.html (159 words)

	Mark Shuttleworth: Russia changes my vision of life - Pravda.Ru
		It was a briefing of the cosmonauts who returned on May 6 from the international space station and who spoke at the Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre Shuttleworth was uncertain whether he would be able to write a book about his flight which, in his opinion, required serious reflections.
		He was also uncertain whether he would link his future with the cosmos as he believed that such flights should pursue the aim of scientific research calling for very good training-not only physical.
		He admitted he had been impressed by the beauty of Earth, especially by the descent which was like a race in a fiery ball along bumps and holes.
	english.pravda.ru /society/2002/05/07/28345_.html (511 words)

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