Billionaire Clown Heads For Outer Space

Guy Laliberte is a billionaire clown who is on his way to outer space. Or more accordingly, the founder of Cirque du Soleil who just paid 35 million dollars to be sent up there. He plans to use the trip to publicize the world’s growing shortage of clean water. Also with him is U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev.

Laliberte’s wife, former model Claudia Barilla, watched with tears streaming down her face. At first, Claudia Barilla told Guy Laliberte to “go for it,” he said. However, you can imagine, as they have 5 children together, the stress and nervousness began to overtake her as the time of launch approached. Still, in his honor, Barilla wore a yellow clown nose as she watched the launch.