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FILE--American millionaire Dennis Tito from Santa Monica, Calif., sits inside the Soyuz TM capsule mock-up during training at the cosmonauts' training center in Star City near Moscow in this Sept. 14, 2000, file photo. Four cosmonauts are refusing to take part in NASA training without their millionaire comrade, Dennis Tito. Tito has deposited millions of dollars in an escrow account to be released to the cash-strapped Russian space authorities the moment he is launched as the first space tourist. (AP Photo/File)