Maybe a bit old news, but, in case you cared, Anna now works for FundServiceBank, the authorized bank of Roscosmos (and whose name probably incidentally, has the same acronym as the FSB - the domestic security agency of Russia).
This is exactly the explanation why she
attended TMA-01M's launch.
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russian_spy_Chapman_working_for_space_agency_bank_999.html
Russian spy Chapman working for space agency bank
by Staff Writers
Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2010
A Russian bank linked with the country's famed space programme confirmed Monday that it had hired glamorous Russian spy Anna Chapman to work as an advisor to its president.
The auburn-haired Chapman caused a stir last week when she unexpectedly showed up for the launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts at Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
In a statement, FundServiceBank, an authorised bank of Russian space agency Roskosmos, confirmed Chapman was an employee and had attended the launch as part of her duties.
"Anna Vasilyevna Chapman does in fact work for FundServiceBank since October 1 as an advisor to the bank's president on issues of investment and innovation," the bank said, noting that it had released the statement following "numerous inquiries" from local and foreign media regarding Chapman's presence at the launch.
It said Chapman would be working on developing the bank's "information technologies" and described her as a "creative and multi-faceted employee who truly cares about Russia's destiny."
The bank also revealed that Chapman was working on a book about "the new possibilities of Internet resources."
Chapman was at the centre of the biggest spy crisis between the United States and Russia since the Cold War as one of the US-based "sleeper" agents who in July were exchanged in a dramatic spy swap.
Since her arrival back in Moscow she has posed in cocktail dresses for a weekly magazine and appeared at a party at a nightclub, but has not given any interviews about her experience.
Roskosmos denied the agency was involved in Chapman's visit to the launch, saying she had attended as a "private individual" and noting that she had not met with any members of the Soyuz crew.
No reporter is still able to talk to Anna Chapman directly, but, in response to a reporters question for the CEO of FundServiceBank about why Anna chose to take up space related matters,
he answered:
CEO: "She told me that. We have been to the Cosmodrome togther and when we were inspecting the launch sites, she explained that to me very simply: when we, the humans think about what is going to happen to Earth in the near future, we can't wave off the problems like asteroids flying in our direction, meteorite showers and other factors that influence our civilization."
"From my standpoint, I shall note that the threat of an asteroid coming down on us is real. There are several programs developed by space agencies and offered to the international community on how we can avoid the real threat of obliterating our civilization on Earth. Also there are certain plans on settlement on the Moon by making there livable clusters, and even plans for manned flights to Mars."
"These topics are of great interest for Anna Vasilyevna. She is researching them for a long time. In particular, her project is connected with finding a way to compensate for that worrying asteroid situation with minimal losses and how humanity can develop if we have to use Earth's orbit for resisting these phenomenae. That's also about how we can use international space stations and international collaboration. In her work she models different situations."
Rep: "How long ago Anna took this up?"
CEO: "In depth, no less than a year ago, as I can judge by her project"
Rep: "It sounds like a science fiction, doesn't it?"
CEO: "Every situational modeling is fictional by nature. But this is a fiction based on a precise calculation and pragmatic analysis of the situation."
Rep: "And how about PR plugging activity?"
CEO: "I find it ridiculous to plug an asteroid that's on collision course with Earth. But if you regard PR a system to inform society, then we probably do just that."
And finally, some guys impressed by the startling news about Anna's new activities, decided to promote her bursting into blossom career with a little
flash game called SuperAnna:
http://marker.ru/interactive/superanna
As it is not localized to English, I'll explain few things.
To begin playing, click on СПАСТИ ПЛАНЕТУ flashing title.
Your goal is to earn as much
₱'s for Anna as possible.
To do that, you must shoot down unfriendly objects and avoid shooting friendly ones. If you are successul, you upgrade from machine gun to laser, and ultimately, to Bulava missiles.
Unfriendly objects are:
- Asteroid (+200 roubles)
- GPS satellite (+500 roubles)
- Space Shuttle (+700 roubles)
- Red Flying Saucer (+1000 roubles)
Friendly objects are:
- GLONASS satellites (-1000 roubles, every next one is fined with extra -1000)
- Black flying saucer escorting yellow Lada Kalina (-10000 roubles and disgrade)
- Yellow Lada Kalina (Game Over)
Every penetrating asteroid fines for -500 ₱.
Game is over in each of the cases:
- Earth is destroyed by asteroids
- Anna is broke
- Anna shoots at Yellow Lada Kalina
- Too much of GLONASS constellation is down
Good hunting!
- i would know, being practically "married" to one :thumbup:
(She also looks like she's had some "chest enhancement")
