Space-travel broker finds business out of this world.(Business)

The Washington Times | May 29, 2001| | Copyright

Eric Anderson looks like an average guy, but he helped a wealthy California financier hitch an extraordinary ride deep into space.

And he has the connections to do it again.

Mr. Anderson, 26, the chief executive of Space Adventures Ltd., a space-travel company in Arlington, brokered a deal with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency to take Dennis Tito to the International Space Station earlier this month.

The trip by Mr. Tito, who developed the Wilshire 5000 stock index, has generated interest in the lofty goal of making space a tourist ...

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