Judge Allows Enomoto to Proceed With Lawsuit Against Space Adventures

A federal judge has ruled that would-be Japanese millionaut Daisuke Enomoto can continue with a lawsuit against Space Adventures to recover $21 million he paid for an orbital flight he never went on. The Associated Press reports:

Space Adventures says Enomoto was medically disqualified in 2006 because of kidney stones. Enomoto says the kidney stones were a pretext to boot him off the mission because he refused demands from the company for more money.

While the judge is allowing the case to proceed, he tossed out some of Enomoto’s claims.

No word yet on precisely which claims have been tossed. Enomoto was replaced on the flight by Anousheh Ansari. He has claimed that Space Adventures had pressured him to invest money in the company. When he refused, they disqualified him and went with Ansari, who was willing to make an investment.