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(Poll) Space Tourism
Christopher wrote:
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:38:55 GMT, h (Rand Simberg) wrote: On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:12:49 GMT, in a place far, far away, Christopher made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:41:12 +0000 (UTC), "--" wrote: When it becomes available and reasonably priced do you plan on becoming a Space Tourist? Only if I can get into orbit or space proper. As why settle for Meatloaf when there is Pheasant on the menu. Perhaps because you can only afford meatloaf? At the current time I can't even afford bread sticks. Understood. But it's still good to have meatloaf (and even phesant) on the shelves (because others who can afford them create a sustained demand), such that you've also a shot at them, when your fortunes permit. And multiple providers who bring down the price of space flight...um, I mean beef, through copmetition. -- Frank You know what to remove to reply... Check out my web page: http://www.geocities.com/stardolphin1/link2.htm "To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit." - Stephen Hawking |
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(Poll) Space Tourism
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... Frank Glover wrote: That's what taxes are for... But beyond a certain point, you destroy any reason to *become* rich. When being rich is outlawed, only outlaws will be rich. :-) That's why tax cuts improve government revenue- up to a certain point. If tax cuts were the primary answer, then it should be possible to raise government income to infinity with a tax rate of zero. The converse, of course, is that tax increases will eventually result in a decrease in revenue, as folks stop doing the things to generate revenue, and get better at hiding it. |
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(Poll) Space Tourism
PS wrote: And it is not like it is such a good thing either. Humans are like a devolved species. We're just monkeys who lost our tails growing up from little snails, after all. ;-) Pat |
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(Poll) Space Tourism
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:37:49 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote: PS wrote: And it is not like it is such a good thing either. Humans are like a devolved species. We're just monkeys Apes, and we never had a tail. who lost our tails growing up from little snails, after all. ;-) Pat -- Christopher |
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(Poll) Space Tourism
on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:54:37 GMT, Christopher sez:
` On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:37:49 -0500, Pat Flannery ` wrote: ` ` PS wrote: ` ` And it is not like it is such a good thing either. Humans are ` like a devolved species. ` ` ` We're just monkeys ` Apes, and we never had a tail. Never? That's a good trick, considering the first tetrapod had a tail, and damn near every one since, except a rare few including us... Heck, I would guess our ancestors first acquired tails somewhere around the time they became chordates, 600Mya, and didn't lose them until perhaps 40Mya. ` who lost our tails growing up from little snails, ` after all. ;-) ` -- ================================================== ======================== Pete Vincent Disclaimer: all I know I learned from reading Usenet. |
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(Poll) Space Tourism
-- wrote:
When it becomes available and reasonably priced do you plan on becoming a Space Tourist? That Virgin Galactic crap? Where you don't even get into orbit? Where you are only weightless for five minutes? I'd pay $50 for that if it were at a theme park... where it belongs. Try scuba diving, it's around $50 and you get 45 minutes of weightlessness. |
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