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Virgin Group Sign Deal with Paul G. Allen's Mojave Aerospace
"Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer" wrote in message ... They should save their money. Its not going to work. Nobody's going to risk his life and spend 200 Grand for a few minutes of weightlessness in a glorified 4th of July sky rocket. If its not a true orbital flight lasting a few days, nobody with enough smarts to have a loose 200 Grand laying around is going to give it a second thought. I believe that you are wrong. I don't know and frankly don't believe they will get enough $200,000 customers to pay off the development costs but I expect they will get a few customers. Then, perhaps, after they have processed the "cream" of the market availability then possibly the price will drop. Mike Walsh |
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"Mike Walsh" wrote in message ... "Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer" wrote in message ... They should save their money. Its not going to work. Nobody's going to risk his life and spend 200 Grand for a few minutes of weightlessness in a glorified 4th of July sky rocket. If its not a true orbital flight lasting a few days, nobody with enough smarts to have a loose 200 Grand laying around is going to give it a second thought. I believe that you are wrong. I don't know and frankly don't believe they will get enough $200,000 customers to pay off the development costs but I expect they will get a few customers. Then, perhaps, after they have processed the "cream" of the market availability then possibly the price will drop. Certainly the price will drop. Considering that Russia has sold a few orbital flights for a price a full two orders of magnitude higher and with training time many tens of times longer, $200k and a week or so of training doesn't sound so bad. Jeff -- Remove icky phrase from email address to get a valid address. |
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