Daisuke Enomoto

Daisuke Enomoto (2006)

Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto ( Japanese 榎本大輔 Enomoto Daisuke ; born April 22, 1971 in Matsudo , Chiba Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese entrepreneur and former director of the Tokyo Internet service provider livedoor Co. Ltd.

Enomoto wanted to be the first Asian space tourist (the fourth overall) to fly from Baikonur to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Soyuz TMA-9 together with Mikhail Wladislawowitsch Tjurin and Michael Eladio López-Alegría . He was confirmed for this flight on March 7, 2006. Anousheh Ansari was assigned as a substitute candidate for his spot. The start was scheduled for September 14, 2006. Enomoto hit the headlines when he announced that he would take off on his $ 20 million space flight in a "Char Aznable" costume, a character from the Gundam anime series . On August 21, 2006, however , the Russian space agency Roskosmos announced that Enomoto would not be allowed to fly for medical reasons. Anousheh Ansari took his place.

Two years later, Enomoto sued Space Adventures , which was supposed to organize his space flight. Enomoto stated that the reason for his rejection was an exaggeration. It was known to all doctors involved that he had kidney stones and his health had not deteriorated compared to previous examinations. Enomoto is demanding repayment of $ 21 million.

Web links

Commons : Daisuke Enomoto - collection of images, videos and audio files

spacefacts.de: Short biography

space.com: Space Adventures Announces Flight Enomotos of (English)

spacedaily.com : Spacedaily for the flight Enomotos (English)

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^ New Scientist : Japanese tourist approved for ultimate joyride , March 7, 2006.
↑ Umberto Cavallaro: Anousheh Ansari: The First Iranian Spacewoman . In: Women Spacefarers (= Springer Praxis Books In Space Exploration ). Springer Praxis Books, Cham 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-34047-0 , p. 291 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-319-34048-7_45 .
↑ New Scientist: Space tourist instigates a costume drama ( Memento of March 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), November 12, 2005 (English)
↑ RIA Novosti: Japanese space tourist is not admitted to space flight by doctors ( Memento from August 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), August 21, 2006
↑ Grounded space tourist wants $ 21 million refund. Reuters, September 25, 2008, archived from the original on September 28, 2008 ; accessed on September 28, 2008 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Enomoto, Daisuke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dice-K; 榎本大輔 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Matsudo , Chiba Prefecture, Japan

[1] New Scientist : Japanese tourist approved for ultimate joyride , March 7, 2006.

[2] Umberto Cavallaro: Anousheh Ansari: The First Iranian Spacewoman . In: Women Spacefarers (= Springer Praxis Books In Space Exploration ). Springer Praxis Books, Cham 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-34047-0 , p. 291 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-319-34048-7_45 .

[3] New Scientist: Space tourist instigates a costume drama ( Memento of March 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), November 12, 2005 (English)

[4] RIA Novosti: Japanese space tourist is not admitted to space flight by doctors ( Memento from August 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), August 21, 2006

[5] Grounded space tourist wants $ 21 million refund. Reuters, September 25, 2008, archived from the original on September 28, 2008 ; accessed on September 28, 2008 (English).