they're hoping to recoup a lot of that cost by having hundreds of visitors go into space every year stacy bivins reporting on the shape of maybe holidays in the future up in space if you well heeled enough well meantime the u.s. is also joined the race to commercialize space congress has voted for billions of dollars to be pumped into nasa projects the agency is already working on replacing the space shuttle fleet which should be grounded next year and congress also wants private firms to keep up the pressure in orbit space entrepreneur jeff mumba spoke to see if his competition in space is a good step for mankind but house voted two to follow the senate and the white house got about seventy percent of what it wanted it means that it's now american policy that lower earth orbit will be commercial you'll have private companies ferrying people in cargo to space it means that nasa should work on a permanent presence of humans beyond low earth orbit evidence will be going to an asteroid i find that incredibly exciting we have long argued finally breaking down the centralized government space program

be able to host up to seven people at a time but will space become the ultimate tourist getaway stacy bivins has the answers. they say it's the real deal that's according to this sea of the russian private company orbital technologies and he points to several multi-million dollar contracts signed between his company and the russian state own space manufacturer called energya in a gear makes the sole use capsules as ship space crews and their supplies to the international space station and back and reportedly there are russian and american investors willing to put millions of dollars behind this project here's more from the c.e.o. . we've been working on this project for a while now much of the equipment and modules we'll use have already been created so we're not exactly reinventing the wheel because the hotel should be cozy enough for seven people and we'll have to large windows so that everyone can look at it or some of the stars space tourists spend most of their time taking photos it's a great view from up there the colors are incredible and our station will be much more comfortable than

better understand today's population from current living standards to improving its future and the stacy bivins found out census takers are reaching out in all directions. the ability to defy gravity is not an excuse to deny earthly responsibilities even in space cause menards are answering questions from russia's twenty ten senses your nationality russian elinor's of our sky has the job of reaching out to orbit the ultimate and long distance phone calls. when it was my first time i felt more anxious and now maybe because i already know what it's like i'm a little bit less anxious but still i am. this out of this world q. and a is meant to inspire russians a matter how busy or how far away they are to take a moment and fill out the census that's because it's believed that the questions that apply here could lead to some answers that could solve some of the nation's biggest problems the questionnaire attempts to probe issues such as why russia's birth rate is so low and its death rate so high a comparison to european countries data collected is meant to show who makes up question households lear

increased funding from abroad was a major reason behind the recent surge of attacks in the region stacy bivins has more. the russian security forces believe that this foreign funding is directly tied to the increase in unrest in the north caucasus and they're primarily looking at dogs. and chechnya the ages say they have uncovered a network in which dummy companies deposit money into banks that money is then withdrawn and then brought into russia via money and how much money has made it into the hands of militants is unclear but investigators assisted the money makes it to military leaders and then is doled out to foot soldiers one of the leaders that it's it's expected to have witnessed it from this money is doku umarov now you name remember him as one of russia's most wanted criminals he's on the international most wanted list and he's also believed to be behind the moscow metro bombings that killed forty and left more than one hundred injured the most recent attack happened when militants attacked the parliament building in the capital and killed three people also in the past month militant

porkers from six nations have trained long and hard to find out who's the lightest on their trotters stacy bivins is keeping track of it all. it's the seventh annual pay graces in moscow but never before has the competition been so intense where the stakes for pigs pride that's because for the first time ever it's now international contests as being from six countries including egypt and bello right and like i said this isn't it this competition is just not a one day event the pigs have been training all year for this eating healthy doing runs on their track and their perspective homelands and they've also been doing practice races here and the heat are helping them to come via the semifinals on saturday and the finals on sunday and i think the legs the most points and that's. who wins the title of absolute champion a medal and a strawberry it just serves. stacey bourbons reporting from the pit olympics in moscow what next year on our t.v. it's their interview segment in two years since the credit crunch struck but many americans are still picking up the pieces take a closer look at the crisis co

from six countries have trained long and hard to find out who's the lightest on their trotters stacy bivins is keeping track of us keeping track of the semifinals for us. i think that mean annual pay grace is among them but never before had the competition been so intense where they were paid as private that's because for the first time ever it's now international diplomats as being from six countries including egypt and bello and like i said this is an advanced competition it's just not a one day event the pigs have been traveling all year they're eating healthy people doing runs on their tracks and their prospective homelands and they've also been doing practice races here and the heat there helping them to combine with the my finals on saturday and the finals on sunday and then i think the legs are the most points and that's the goal m.p.'s who wins the title of absolute champion a medal and a strawberry dessert. oh look at them go reporting there from arche stacey bivins at the pig olympics well up next the our t.v. interview it's been two years since the credit crunch struck and many a

stacy bivins is a keeping track of the semifinals. the seventh annual pay grace is in moscow but never before has the competition been so intense for the state for pigs pride that's because for the first time ever it's now international contests as being from six countries including egypt and bello right and like i said this is an intense competition it's just not a one day event the pigs have been training all year for this eating healthy eating doing runs on their tracks in their perspective homelands and they've also been doing practice races here and the heat or helping them to come via the semifinals on saturday and the finals on sunday and the legs of the most points and that's the goal every ad wins the title of absolute champion a medal and a strawberry it deserves. are you stacy burns reporting from the pig olympics in the russian capital or next on our t.v. interview where it's been two years since the credit crunch struck and many americans are still picking up the pieces just ahead we take a closer look at the crisis condi