Enomoto Daisuke - Space Tourist, Gundam Fan

[Suiko Eiji]

I'm sure most people have heard of the "Space Tourists" (http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/14/0152224) - very rich people who pay Space Adventures money to set them up with a trip to Russia/Khazakstan for a vacation up to the wild blue yonder and beyond. So far, there have been three successful trips, two Americans and one South African.

The soon-to-be fourth one is a Japanese man, Enomoto Daisuke, a 35-year old who made his millions in the 1990s working for Livedoor, a Japanese ISP. He now does IT/ISP consulting work across Asia. Enomoto; however, is not your typical quirky millionaire. No, there's something more about him - like us, he's a Gundam fan. And Enomoto had a special request about going up into space - he wants to cosplay as none other than Major Char "The Red Comet" Aznable while he's up there. New Scientist Space Article About Him (http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/mg18825252.700.html)

According to this Yahoo UK article (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14072006/323/japanese-nerd-endures-intense-training-space-dream.html) about himalso says he is going to assemble "a robot" (RX-78-2? MS-06S Zaku II?) in zero gravity and make the video available across the Internet.

Truly, this is probably one of my most geeky moments because I am extatic to get a hold of this and cannot wait for this to happen. Anyone else like me joining in the geek-fest?

[Magami No ER]

While I've known about this man for a while(old thread) I like the looks of that Yahoo article.
Awesome. XP
Just a useless clarification of what it says though('cause what you said Suiko got me overly presumptuous. :P ), a robot "toy".
Still cool though.

[Suiko Eiji]

While I've known about this man for a while(old thread) I like the looks of that Yahoo article.
Awesome. XP
Just a useless clarification of what it says though('cause what you said Suiko got me overly presumptuous. :P ), a robot "toy".
Still cool though.

Though, at first glance, there are a number of model kits that look like toys - the fact that Yahoo didn't specify anything other than robot, there's a very wide range of speculation.

Either way, I think it'll be great to get some video of "Char" in space.

[Vaikyuko]

I believe he said he would bring a model kit of the original MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type to build in space, but whether it's HG, MG, or PG remains to be seen. Still, I fully support the guy and am using this to further justify my love of Gundam to my parents ("Mom, if a millionaire dresses up as Char and builds his MS, certainly it's a good show!" XD).

[Char Aznable]

Well, Itde be cool if i did it. but since its some old guy ide have to say thats preety lame... Maybe he should dress up as ramba ral or somthing....

[Amuro]

I believe he said he would bring a model kit of the original MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type to build in space, but whether it's HG, MG, or PG remains to be seen. Still, I fully support the guy and am using this to further justify my love of Gundam to my parents ("Mom, if a millionaire dresses up as Char and builds his MS, certainly it's a good show!" XD).

If I were them, I'd see it as "Even a respectable man is embarassing himself in front of the whole planet because of this show. I really think that you should stop watching this." ;)

[Wraith Gundam]

Enomoto; however, is not your typical quirky millionaire. No, there's something more about him - like us, he's a Gundam fan. And Enomoto had a special request about going up into space - he wants to cosplay as none other than Major Char "The Red Comet" Aznable while he's up there. New Scientist Space Article About Him (http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/mg18825252.700.html)

According to this Yahoo UK article (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14072006/323/japanese-nerd-endures-intense-training-space-dream.html) about himalso says he is going to assemble "a robot" (RX-78-2? MS-06S Zaku II?) in zero gravity and make the video available across the Internet.

Truly, this is probably one of my most geeky moments because I am extatic to get a hold of this and cannot wait for this to happen. Anyone else like me joining in the geek-fest?

That is so cool ^_^ :D :P , what a brilliant idea. I can't wait to see the footage.

I believe he said he would bring a model kit of the original MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type to build in space, but whether it's HG, MG, or PG remains to be seen.

Personally, I think he'd go for a HG, an MG would be pushing it; but a PG in eight day's in Zero-G? doubtful

Edit: having said that, I was considering the time for paint aswell :doh:. LOL, who'd be stupid enough to use paint in zero-g...apparently me.

[Amuro]

Edit: having said that, I was considering the time for paint aswell :doh:. LOL, who'd be stupid enough to use paint in zero-g...apparently me.

I'm not so sure.. those PG's might just be large enough to have a significant gravitational pull of their own..

[Suiko Eiji]

If I were them, I'd see it as "Even a respectable man is embarassing himself in front of the whole planet because of this show. I really think that you should stop watching this." ;)

If I were paying the amount these folks pay to go into space (something around 4 Mil USD, wasn't it?), I could care less what some Astronauts and Cosmonauts thought of me. :lol:

I'm not so sure.. those PG's might just be large enough to have a significant gravitational pull of their own..

Too true. Though, I would probably assume a MG kit; I think I did mine somewhere around eight or nine hours (@9.8m/s^2), so doing a kit like that in 8 days in 0Gmight not be too much of an issue once he gets used to it. MGs are a good balance of size, detail, and economy, too when comparing against HG or PG kits.

[Sushikins]

I read about this elsewhere a while ago, didn't even notice this thread. Anyway, this guy has my full support. As a Gundam and Char fan and as a person who just loves space in general.

[Levon]

I can't wait for this^_^ I wonder how much it will get noticed in the US. Maybe it will even be made into a few jokes on a late night show:P

[Levon]

Sad news; http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060821/sc_space/japanesespacetouristpulledfromissflightf ormedicalreasons

"He is being taken off that flight for medical reasons"

They say he could fly some other time though, so theres still hope.

[Suiko Eiji]

Yeah, Greg Olsen failed his first physical at 60 but then passed a second one and was still able to go.

[BrendantheJedi]

Still if he ever gets up there, I'd love to see him a model kit in Space. Ooooh, I hope it is a master grade or version Katoki.

[Levon]

I'm sure he'd build just a 1/144 HG. MG's take me a few hours to build & that doesn't even include all the details like painting. 1/144 are really fast & easy build however.

[Suiko Eiji]

I'm sure he'd build just a 1/144 HG. MG's take me a few hours to build & that doesn't even include all the details like painting. 1/144 are really fast & easy build however.

He's scheduled to be up in 0G for 8 Days. It's not like it takes that long to build one...

[JoeStrummer]

I think that's wicked, I wanna see Char in space, I'd do it too if I were him heh

[Levon]

He's scheduled to be up in 0G for 8 Days. It's not like it takes that long to build one...


Well I mean, does he plan to video record himself building a model to show viewers? Thats what I expected because it would be interesting for him to show. But watching him build a model that takes anywhere from an hour or more would be rather long to watch. But watching him build a 1/144 HG fast in maybe 15 minutes makes more sense.

I don't know.

[Wraith Gundam]

You know, you're all assuming he's only going to build one model. At 1/144 scale, in 8 days, he could build all of chars mobile suits and release them all as seperate videos.

[Magami No ER]

Well, you won't have to ponder that anymore.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/21/space.tourist.ap/index.html

How totally and utterly disappointing.
But maybe Daisuke'll end up like that other man mentioned in the end of the article and have another checkup at a later date.