'Bingo Bindass' is finally going to space. Hardik Gajjar, a science undergraduate from Ahmedabad, has won UTV's 'Bingo Bindass Go to Space Contest' to become the country's first space tourist. UTV, which launched its entertainment channel called Brand Bindass last August, started the contest to find India's first space tourist. After a seven-city hunt and ground auditions, it zeroed in on Ahmedabad-based Hardik.
A prominent Russian businessman-turned-politician is in line to become the next space tourist in 2009, Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said Friday. Details about the person who might be the first Russian space tourist were few.