Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21 million back

Sunday 23rd November, 05:46 AM JST

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zaichik at 06:37 PM JST - 23rd November

Silly boy should have bought space-travel insurance :-) (Can't wait till my company starts providing assistance services for those policies! "No, sir, the kidney stone was a pre-existing condition, so we can't cover the non-refundable deposit")
Youdontknow at 09:41 PM JST - 23rd November

I'm with the tourist on this one. If Space Adventures knew he had a chronic kidney stone problem, why then did they keep taking his money if they knew they weren't going to put him into space?
Azrael at 09:52 PM JST - 23rd November

If he wasn't given what he paid for, why isn't he given a refund? This sounds like highway robbery to me - and the amount is certainly not a trifle.
Hammers at 10:39 PM JST - 23rd November

I think he deserves this because if he REALLY wanted into space he should have said he would dress as Astro Boy.
bobcatfish at 11:10 PM JST - 23rd November

gee - i wonder if all the people ripped of by livedoor want their money back. live by the sword, die by the sword.
romulus3 at 11:43 PM JST - 23rd November

Space Adventures lawyer John Villa said that Enomoto refused doctors’ advice to treat the kidney stones aggressively and was well aware throughout the process that the kidney stones could disqualify him

this in a non alcohol flight sir
mcheeky at 12:07 AM JST - 24th November

i wonder if all the people ripped of by livedoor want their money back.

They effectively ripped themselves off by panicking the minute the investigation started. All their rights went out the window when they sold the stock, and keep in mind they got money back, and everybody knows stock prices fall, no mystery.

This guy has not received any money back. Its totally different.
RakishGadfly at 03:25 AM JST - 24th November

In space, no one can hear you serve a subpoena.
YuriOtani at 11:17 AM JST - 24th November

Any agreement with Russians is a waste of time, paper and money!
unscrejects at 11:42 AM JST - 24th November

YurioOtani: Russians? Since when are the Russians refusing to refund?
romulus3 at 02:26 PM JST - 24th November

Russians? Since when are the Russians refusing to refund?

nice sarcasm. ask the Thai government.
eze666 at 02:55 PM JST - 24th November

how do the lawyers who work for this company live with themselves? a brick in the face would..... well, do nothing constructive, but i do feel many lawyers deserve a taste of what it's like to be done over with no recourse
techall at 04:28 PM JST - 24th November

how do the lawyers who work for this company live with themselves

Very easily, they enforce the contract.

well aware throughout the process that the kidney stones could disqualify him
Richard_the_First at 05:57 PM JST - 24th November

if you are stupid enough to squander 21 million on flying into space for a jolly, then you deserve to lose your money.
usaexpat at 12:25 AM JST - 25th November

Enomoto should definitely get his money back. A health condition that bars him from going up is a pretty sleazy way to steal the guy's money. I could see a deposit not being refunded or something but the whole amount? Guess that's a major case of buyer beware. I won't comment on the idiocy of space toursim as that would take far too long. I just look at this in terms of fair business practices.