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Chuck Lysaght said: I Lurk Alone wrote in message ... Chuck Lysaght wrote: "Curious-yellow" wrote in message ... Posted on Tue, Sep. 28, 2004 It's the market system that will develop space travel imho. If I were filthy rich, I would take advantage of this in a heartbeat. You're halfway there. At least I don't hide behind a phony e-mail account. With weird-ass perverts like you, Pedo-Chuck, roaming USENET, using a bogus e-mail address is a wise decision and an absolute necessity. -- Cm~ |
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Chuck Lysaght wrote: I Lurk Alone wrote in message ... Chuck Lysaght wrote: "Curious-yellow" wrote in message ... Posted on Tue, Sep. 28, 2004 It's the market system that will develop space travel imho. If I were filthy rich, I would take advantage of this in a heartbeat. You're halfway there. At least I don't hide behind a phony e-mail account. Ah, but that's enough about me. My assessment: you're plenty filthy. Why not work on rich for a change? |
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I Lurk Alone said: Chuck Lysaght wrote: I Lurk Alone wrote in message ... Chuck Lysaght wrote: "Curious-yellow" wrote in message ... Posted on Tue, Sep. 28, 2004 It's the market system that will develop space travel imho. If I were filthy rich, I would take advantage of this in a heartbeat. You're halfway there. At least I don't hide behind a phony e-mail account. Ah, but that's enough about me. My assessment: you're plenty filthy. Why not work on rich for a change? Don't ya think Rich's owner will get upset about Pedo-Chuck screwing their dog? -- Cm~ |
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In article , Invid Fan wrote:
Make deals with studios so the customers can go up dressed in authentic SF outfits (Star Trek, Babylon 5, Gundam, etc) or NASA gear and it changes again They'll fly in pressure suits which are quite closely form-fitting to prevent/ reduce snagging in an emergency evacuation. I travel in commercial flights using unstable aircraft over hazardous substrates (the North Sea) most months - I don't have the option of what I wear. 3-layers of street clothing; Thermal Insulation Garment; diver's dry diving suit. If I don't want to wear that, I get thrown off the flight, no questions permitted. They'll fly in what the flight planners consider appropriate equipment. With the sponsor's logos prominent. I think that the X-craft criteria did not include "air-tight passenger cabin". So, to save weight, the crew will *need* to breathe off their suits. -- Aidan Karley, Aberdeen, Scotland, Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233 |
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Around U$200.000,00 for a single trip to an altitude of 100 km plus a
few days of training? What a rip off! It's much better to spent U$20.000.000,00 on a ride on the Soyuz to the I.S.S. and back, it's much more rewarding and not to mentioned it's a LOT cheaper if you count it according to the amount of kilometers (or miles) it traveled and days of its duration. But then again, not anyone can go to the I.S.S., despite how much money they got. Tito and Shuttleworth were there not because they got the money, but were sent there due to political purpose. Anyway. It might be better to compare the Virgin Atlantic trip to a trip using the Mig-25 Foxbat, which cost only around U$10.000,00 and go up to the altitude of around 25 km, plus some maneuvers including some you can even do by yourself. This is the true 'anyone can do it if they got the money' thing (like Concorde) and not a fake one. http://www.flymig.com/packages/MiG-25.flight.htm If it's compare to that, then the price for the Virgin Atlantic should have been set in the U$100.000,00 category or so, maybe even lower. Virgin said it planned to begin construction of the first vessel, VSS Enterprise, next year and to offer flights by 2007. What a fitting name. LOL! |
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In sci.space.policy EAC wrote:
Around U$200.000,00 for a single trip to an altitude of 100 km plus a few days of training? What a rip off! Hopefully there will be lots of competitors to drive the price down -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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EAC wrote:
Around U$200.000,00 for a single trip to an altitude of 100 km plus a few days of training? What a rip off! What you think is immaterial. What people are willing to pay for the service is what matters, and apparently several thousand people are willing to pay that amount. It's much better to spent U$20.000.000,00 on a ride on the Soyuz to the I.S.S. and back, If you have the extra $19,800,000 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. Markets work on what consumers want, not what analysts want. No doubt when we bring the cost of tourist orbital flights down there will be more market there too. But Branson seems to have plenty enough market to make his money back on building Virgin Galactic. -george william herbert |
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(EAC) wrote: Around U$200.000,00 for a single trip to an altitude of 100 km plus a few days of training? What a rip off! If you feel that way, don't go. It's much better to spent U$20.000.000,00 on a ride on the Soyuz to the I.S.S. and back, it's much more rewarding and not to mentioned it's a LOT cheaper if you count it according to the amount of kilometers (or miles) it traveled and days of its duration. Sure, do that if you prefer it and are able. It's a free market. Do what you want, but don't try to tell other people what to do -- they'll buy a ticket if *they* think it's a good value, and your opinion really doesn't matter. If it's compare to that, then the price for the Virgin Atlantic should have been set in the U$100.000,00 category or so, maybe even lower. "Should"?!? There is no "should" in how market prices are set, except that they should be set in order to maximize profit. I have no doubt that Branson is doing exactly that, and with a lot more information and more detailed analysis than you or I can do. ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | http://www.macwebdir.com | `------------------------------------------------------------------' |
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