# Buying a ride on the shuttle

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-ride-on-the-shuttle/22688
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 17, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-ride-on-the-shuttle/22688 "2000-06-17T06:33:38Z")
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### Author: ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-ride-on-the-shuttle/22688/1 "2000-06-17T06:33:38Z")

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Are the rumors that Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud bought a ride on the shuttle back in '88 or was he a legitimate astronaut pick?