Lonely Planet Guide to Space

One little book for American publishing business – one big leap for Russian space programs marketing.

From we make money not art :
Eric Anderson, CEO of Space Adventures, the space tourism firm that arranged Gregory Olsen's voyage has teamed up with Joshua Piven, co-author of "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook" to write The Space Tourist's Handbook.
The book covers destinations, modes of travel, accommodations, sightseeing, meals and costs.
The packages are rated on three criteria: mission time, travel and training time, and cost, which can range from one dollar sign (symbolizing a trip costing less than $10,000) to five dollar signs (standing for a trip that costs more than $1 million.)
There are also tips and etiquette for everything from sleeping to eating to bathing to using the vacuum toilets (Lesson 1: Make sure there is a tight seal between your body and the toilet seat.)
Since the only ship currently offering tourists passage to the International Space Station is the Russian Soyuz, the handbook also includes a helpful list of phonetic Russian phrases such as Olya che-VOH EH-tah KNOHP-ka? ("What does this button do?")

LOL. The given phrase sounds silly for a Russian native speaker – Оля, чево ета кнопка? Olya is a Russian female name. I would translate it, “Sally, what this button?” Now I imagine a space tourist asking this question and getting – a slap on the hand. “Don’t you ever touch anything here!” – “Ehhh… che-VOH … ehhh… EH-tah…” Slap, slap, slap.

A press conference after the flight. “Why are your hands so purple? What’s this black eye you have?” – “Hands – for touching buttons. Black eye – for calling comrade captain Olya.”
I only hope that during the six months pre-flight training space tourists will be taught more useful Russian phrases.