Business tycoon ready to shuttle into orbit

To boldly go where no technology businessman has been before...

An internet security tycoon is set to become the world's second space tourist. Following in the footsteps of Californian millionaire Denis Tito, who shot into orbit courtesy of the Russian Space Agency for an estimated $20m, South African internet entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth will also be blasting off. The agency has hinted that Shuttleworth has paid a similar amount to Tito for his eight-day jaunt into space. Shuttleworth paid for his trip with funds gained when he sold his internet security consultancy to Verisign for $500m in the spring of 2000.