Do cartoon characters have the famous “right stuff” to be space travellers? We’ll soon find out. The fourth space tourist to visit the International Space Station next October will be Char Aznable, ace fighter pilot from cult Japanese anime series Gundam.
Actually, it will be his human alter ego. Japanese businessman Daisuke Enomoto wants to wear Char’s red costume during his eight-day stint aboard the ISS, as well as build a plastic replica of his hero, also known as the “Red Comet”.
Enomoto, an internet entrepreneur who calls himself Dice-K after the lucrative website he founded, will spend six…
