Enganelisekile ngesipiliyoni sakhe sokuqala somkhathi, U-Charles Simonyi owayengusozigidigidi u-Charles Simonyi useqeqeshelwa uhambo lwesibili lokuya e-International Space Station ngo-Spring 2009. U-Simonyi uzoba ikhasimende lokuqala le-Space Adventures kusukela inkampani yaqala ukuthumela izakhamuzi ezizimele emngceleni wokugcina. ngo-2001.
Ngesikhathi sokugcina lapho (ngo-2007), u-Simonyi wakhokha cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-20 ukuze abambe iqhaza ocwaningweni lwemisipha engemuva, enze imephu yendawo yemisebe yesiteshi kanye nokuhlola izingxenye zekhamera ye-HD. Kulokhu, uzokhokha u-$30 wezigidi ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla emali kanye nezindleko ezikhulayo.
