Passenger market for orbital flights.

According to this article Virgin Atlantic is planning on marketing
just
suborbital flights at $200,000 and it reports a survey said orbital
flights might be commercially viable at $500,000:

Space tourism survey targets cost factor.
Online results hint at future price points for suborbital and orbital
flights.
By Leonard David
Senior space writer
updated 4:53 p.m. ET, Tues., Oct. 3, 2006
"Pricey seats
So far, orbital space tourism has been the propelled province of well-
heeled millionaires. Even for projected suborbital jaunts — up to the
edge of space and return to Earth — the price tag for a Virgin
Galactic spaceliner seat slaps your purse or wallet for roughly
$200,000.
Several key results of the space tourism survey point out:
The prices of current space treks into suborbital and orbital are
generally too high at present, with only 7 percent registering for a
suborbital flight and 4 percent for an orbital adventure at current
price levels.
Suborbital flights would really take off at $25,000, and orbital
flights at $500,000, if such price levels were compatible with an
operator’s business plan. If price were not an issue, nearly two-
thirds of the respondents would want to go on a round-the-moon
adventure."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15120091/

Also, a round trip cross-Atlantic ticket on the Mach 2 Concorde cost
around $10,000. I don't think it's out of the question that a
substantial number of business executives and wealthy vacationers
would be willing to pay $100,000 to make a cross-Atlantic or cross-
U.S. trip that took only 10 minutes, especially when it included
making a short stint to orbit in the process.
Likewise I think there would be a substantial market at $100,000 per
ticket for a trip to Asia that only took 45 minutes.


Bob Clark

Robert Clark wrote:

According to this article Virgin Atlantic is planning on marketing
just
suborbital flights at $200,000 and it reports a survey said orbital
flights might be commercially viable at $500,000:
[snip crap]

It won't go anywhere until there is accommodation for sexual
intercourse. Porn will provide the traffic.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2

"Uncle Al" wrote in message
...
Robert Clark wrote:

According to this article Virgin Atlantic is planning on marketing
just
suborbital flights at $200,000 and it reports a survey said orbital
flights might be commercially viable at $500,000:
[snip crap]

It won't go anywhere until there is accommodation for sexual
intercourse. Porn will provide the traffic.

Virgin Galactic (not Atlantic) has already hinted at that possibility.

Though it'll have to be a quicky.



--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2



--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Virgin Galactic (not Atlantic) has already hinted at that possibility.

Though it'll have to be a quicky.


It's already been done:
http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/...nt_000516.html

Pat

------- ahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA... ahahaha -------
------------ the emergence of space pimps -------------

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...

Robert Clark wrote:
According to this article Virgin Atlantic is planning on
marketing just suborbital flights at $200,000 and it
reports a survey said orbital flights might be
commercially viable at $500,000:

"Uncle rect-Al" wrote
It won't go anywhere until there is accommodation for
sexual intercourse. Porn will provide the traffic.

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Virgin Galactic (not Atlantic) has already hinted at that
possibility. hough it'll have to be a quicky.

"Pat Flannery" wrote:
It's already been done:
http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/...nt_000516.html

hanson wrote:
Since that is a first time mission of sorts, and they
immediately dicktate a ur-anus experiment, wouldn't
it though stand to reason & make much more sense
to first try the missionary position and then anal-yse
the effects before making any rect-ifickations?
Thanks for the laughs, you dreamers of tight sphincters.
ahahahaha... ahahahanson

PS:
.... & then, either way the *quickie* is orgasmized, at
say 100 strokes for $200,000, the appropriate music
back ground should be provided to count in sync with
each stroke: "$2 thousand... $4 thousand"... $6...etc...
Kinda pricey "seconds-count"... for Johns in draining
by spacey hookers... with big profits for the bookers...
....ahahahaha... ahahahaha...

On Nov 18, 11:59*pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:
"Uncle Al" wrote in message

...

Robert Clark wrote:

According to this article Virgin Atlantic is planning on marketing
just
suborbital flights at $200,000 and it reports a survey said orbital
flights might be commercially viable at $500,000:
[snip crap]

It won't go anywhere until there is accommodation for sexual
intercourse. *Porn will provide the traffic.

Virgin Galactic (not Atlantic) has already hinted at that possibility.

Though it'll have to be a quicky.
...
Greg Moore

The viability of profitable passenger flights to orbit and the
viability of "space hotels" would support each other in a synergistic
fashion, since the space hotels would give passengers some place to
go, rather than just having to come back down after a few orbits.

Bigelow Aerospace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace


Bob Clark