The former Boomtown Rats front man has stated the he plans to be the first person from Ireland to leave the planet
First Bob Geldof wants to save the planet, now he wants to get off it, will he ever make up his mind? It seems that the Boomtown Rats front man and charity guru will be one of the first ever Space XC astronauts next year, according to
The Irish Independent.
The tickets to travel into space are believed to cost around $100,000, and the expedition will be launched from Curacao in the Caribbean. Bob himself has apparently had this to say about his journey:
"Being the first Irishman in space is not only a fantastic honour but pretty mind-blowing. The first rock astronaut space rat! Elvis may have left the building but Bob Geldof will have left the planet!"
This weekend, Geldof will head to Holland (where there's ample opportunity to practice getting spaced out) to do a few training sessions on the simulator.
The Twitter reaction has, of course, mostly been asking if it would be possible for him to just stay up there once he gets to space and not come back down. We'll pass no comment on that.
