$208,000 for a Ticket into ...Space! A Turning Point in Space exploration.

Derek Lyons wrote:
(George William Herbert) wrote:

The whole point is that there are a large number of people who
have the $200k and are willing to settle for 110km and a few
minutes of zero-G.

They are willing to make reservations to do that, which should
surprise no one. Reservations on various space passenger ventures
have been around since the dawn of the space age and have always been
well subscribed.

How many will actually pay is a subject open to discussion as no one
has ever been actually asked to pony up before.

This is wrong. Some have actually paid before. Some
have paid before for tickets on flights that did not
materialize (and were refunded later). I understand
that some have already paid up front for flights on
Virgin Galactic. This is more than simply
reservations.

Derek Lyons wrote:
(George William Herbert) wrote:
The whole point is that there are a large number of people who
have the $200k and are willing to settle for 110km and a few
minutes of zero-G.

They are willing to make reservations to do that, which should
surprise no one. Reservations on various space passenger ventures
have been around since the dawn of the space age and have always been
well subscribed.

How many will actually pay is a subject open to discussion as no one
has ever been actually asked to pony up before.

A useful distinction. I overgeneralized.


-george william herbert

"Christopher M. Jones" wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:
(George William Herbert) wrote:

The whole point is that there are a large number of people who
have the $200k and are willing to settle for 110km and a few
minutes of zero-G.

They are willing to make reservations to do that, which should
surprise no one. Reservations on various space passenger ventures
have been around since the dawn of the space age and have always been
well subscribed.

How many will actually pay is a subject open to discussion as no one
has ever been actually asked to pony up before.

This is wrong. Some have actually paid before. Some
have paid before for tickets on flights that did not
materialize (and were refunded later). I understand
that some have already paid up front for flights on
Virgin Galactic. This is more than simply
reservations.

"Some" != "Many". Certainly not a significant number of the thousands
of reservations claimed.

D.
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