Space scam exposed

[Evan Burton]

A real space hoax:

Jonathan Nolan had plans for the world's most ambitious reality show - a global cross-continent space challenge pitting prospective astronauts against each other for the chance to win two tickets into space.

He told media, partners and contestants that he had already secured two seats on Russian Soyuz rockets, had a production partner in Britain and had already obtained from foreign investors the tens of millions of dollars required to get the project, dubbed "Starwalker", off the ground.

Nolan, 42, an Australian, even appeared on Channel Seven's Sunrise in a three-minute segment, inviting viewers to sign up as contestants on the show's website.

Today, the project appears to be in tatters, its website is offline and questions are being raised over the whole operation. A former employee claims Nolan has failed to pay him a significant sum of money

Read more at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/...00412-s2z6.html

Also: http://echoesofapollo.com/2010/04/04/starw...rnational-scam/

[John Dolva]

Could be the work of the kiwi wizard, or maybe one of his minions.