"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
On 3/25/2010 4:33 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
The "astronaut training" is part of the "experience".

The "experience" being how a fool and his $200,000 are soon parted for a
short period in free-fall.
Think of it as a "learning experience", similar to the ones engaged in by
former tycoons in 1929 as they hurled themselves out of the window.

They aren't selling trips to the middle class (i.e. this isn't marketed to
the same people who are looking for "deals" on cruise liners). Instead,
it's going to be a joy ride for the rich and famous. These are the same
sort of people who would book flights on the Concorde when it was still
flying and who think nothing of dropping $100k plus for yet another car in
their stable. Why? Because they can!

This is similar to early airlines. They were only affordable by the rich an
famous. When the rich were traveling long distances by airplanes, the
middle class was still stuck traveling by slow, smoke belching coal fired
trains and ships.

Jeff
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