This article appeared in the business and finance section, not the human interest section. Next milestone is for it to appear in the travel section, where future space tourists will lust for the ultimate "get away from it all" vacation.

"Customers Lining Up to Tour Space But a ticket may cost almost $100,000"
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/10/18/BU98908.DTL
The article covers much of the recent space tourism industry developments and players that are making it a reality.