２５日午後３時半ごろ、山口県下関市東観音町、会社員・大田伸吾さん（51）方と隣の会社員・肥喜里典生さん（45）方の屋根にまたがるように宋美慶機長ら韓国人３人が乗った大型熱気球（直径20メートル、高さ25メートル）が不時着した。3人は無事、大田さん方は2階の屋根などが壊れた。
また、午後１時半ごろには、日本人５人乗りの熱気球が同県豊浦郡豊田町の農道に着陸、千葉県船橋市海神町、会社役員・甲村謙二さん（53）が左足を骨折。
２機は「環境保護」を訴え、「気球で日本海横断飛行」に挑戦。
同日９時過ぎ、韓国・釜山市を相次いで離陸した。
これは毎日新聞平成６年９月に載った短い記事に「熱気球、民家に不時着 日本海横断飛行 強風に流され下関」の見出しに「着陸に失敗、民家の屋根に激突した韓国チームの熱気球」の説明つき５段写真。
読売は「熱気球アベック 釜山ー山口の日本海横断 着陸はトラブル 日本チーム１人けが」の５段見出しに写真２枚。
朝日は「朝鮮海峡こえてきて 熱気球着陸失敗しけが」。
何人かの知友との話から「甲村さんは気球で民家の屋根に落ちて怪我」が定説化しているのを発見した。この誤解の元はテレビのイメージらしい。証言によればNHKニュースで、民家の屋根に落ちた韓国気球の映像にかぶせて「甲村謙二、左足骨折」のテロップが流れたらしい。甲村は”あの気球”から「転げ落ちて怪我」と想像も入れて納得している。
本題の弁明は、事実は「墜落（という人もいた）」ではなく、不時着でもなく、林のなかの農道に着陸したのである。
私だけ怪我の理由は画板に貼った紙に航跡を記録していたクルーが着陸時に側袋に収納すべき、その画板を私の足に立て掛けたのが原因である。
◇Message from the CEOThe last few months have been truly exciting times at Space Adventures. We have had major announcments regarding our lunar, orbital, and suborbital spaceflight programs. In July we announced the opening of our Suborbital Vehicle and Spaceport Development office in Florida with Governer Jeb Bush, and also in July, Greg Olsen, Ph.D. was confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-7 crew.
Earlier this month, we announced a private voyage to the moon which we have named DSE-Alpha, and we are very pleased with the positive media attention it has received all over the world in publications like, The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/science/space/10private.html), BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4139212.stm), CNN, (http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/08/10/moon.travel.ap/index.html) and The Economist (http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4269835).
In addition to these exciting milestones, we have continued to provide spaceflight training experiences to customers including, supersonic jet flights, zero gravity flights, and astronaut training programs. If you have any questions about how you can participate in one of these programs, I encourage you to contact us today.Best Regards,Eric AndersonPresident & CEOSpace Adventures LTD.
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8/10/2005 - Space Adventures Offers Private Voyage to the Moon (http://www.deepspaceexpeditions.com/section5-press.html)Space Adventures announced the availability of a commercial spaceflight to the far side of the moon.
7/27/2005 - Space Adventures' Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Greg Olsen, Confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-7 Crew (http://www.spaceadventures.com/media/releases/2005-07/273) American technology entrepreneur Gregory Olsen, Ph.D. has been confirmed to the Soyuz TMA-7 crew which is currently planned for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
7/18/2005 - Governor Bush and Space Adventures Announce the Opening of a Suborbital Vehicle and Spaceport Development Office (http://www.spaceadventures.com/media/releases/2005-07/271) "Florida has proudly championed our nation's space industry from the very beginning, and we are determined to remain a vital player as we enter into this new era of space exploration," said Governor Jeb Bush.
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