Today Q-music, a belgian radio station announced they’ll give away a prize that’s never been giving away before anywhere in the world.
And what for a prize it is, the winner wins a trip to Space!

You’ll have to be at least 18 years old and in good shape.
They say anybody can participate, but I think only people from Belgium can try and win the trip to space. Lucky me then
As from the September the 7th, we can join the game. Then they will select a few people, how I’m still not sure, but I think it’s going to be something like being the 100th person to send an SMS with a right answer or something like that. (They do other things like this also).

Is this for real?
Yes it is!!!

Who ever wins this, is going to space in a Suborbital spaceflight in 2010.

You will depart from a real Spaceport that’s currently being build less than an hour drive from Dubai (maybe you can see the Burj Dubai, the highest tower in the world)
The Ras Al-Khaimah Spaceport will be in close proximity to one of the world’s leading tourist destinations.

Ras Al-Khaimah is the most northern of the seven emirates that form the United Arab Emirates, which also includes Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, and Fujairah. It borders Oman on its Northern and Eastern limits. It covers 1,684 sq. km, has 64 km of pristine natural coastline, and beautiful mountains on the northern boarder. Ras Al-Khaimah has witnessed massive development in recent years and now boasts one of the largest pharmaceutical firms in the region, a world-leading ceramics industry, and a burgeoning tourist sector with world-class hotels and resorts. Ras Al-Khaimah has embarked on an ambitious development program including investments in infrastructure improvement, tourism, shopping, and efforts to attract industrial and commercial enterprises. Among the most important of these endeavors is the establishment of the Ras Al-Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The Ras Al-Khaimah International Airport is rapidly expanding, and offers excellent services and facilities for all types of flight operations.

A space shuttle brings you up to 100km above the earth, shuts down the rocket engine and you can enjoy being the 3th belgian (After Dirk Frimout and Frank De Winne) in space and the scenery for a couple of minutes.
This 100km above the earth is outside the earth’s atmosphere and known as the “astronauts altitude”. If you’ve been there you are officially an astronaut.

All of this will cost the radio-station $102,000 (including $4,000 cancellation insurance)

Well I’m certainly going to test my luck a few times to win this, wish me luck!

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