Billionaire blasts off for space station

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On 8 Apr 2007 03:21:40 -0700,
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Oh to be going out there as well. :-(

On Apr 8, 3:21 am, wrote:
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Russia has a rather nasty habbit of turning an honest profit. Too bad
our methods are so far between, extra spendy and otherwise damn lethal
(not to mention having been extra polluting as all get out).

I guess we've also got too much of our perpetrated cold-war cloak and
dagger crapolla that's still to deal with.
-
Brad Guth

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Nothing?

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A waste of money.

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Is $25 million fair? Looks like marginal cost pricing to me.

If I had that much money I could upgrade my Internet link.

Sylvia.

On 8 Apr 2007 12:41:26 -0700, "GatherNoMoss"
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A waste of money.

Well waste or not, its his money and he can spend it on whatever he
wants.

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Is $25 million fair? Looks like marginal cost pricing to me.

If I had that much money I could upgrade my Internet link.

It's $25 million above and beyond the low level of funding paid for by the
Russian government. The Russian space program has been suffering badly from
lack of money ever since the demise of the Soviet Union. It's pretty much a
given that the Russian space program will sell you anything, if the price is
right.

Jeff
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little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety"
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Christopher wrote:

On 8 Apr 2007 12:41:26 -0700, "GatherNoMoss"
wrote:

A waste of money.

Well waste or not, its his money and he can spend it on whatever he
wants.

Indeed. And it's good news for the rest of us that he wants to spend it
on this, as it helps prove the tourism market which is currently driving
a lot of progress. (He even stated a hope that his trip would someday
make it easier for others to go too.)

Here's hoping that when he gets back, he'll be willing to spend a fifth
of that amount on this: http://www.strout.net/info/science/polywell/

As Jim Benson put it: "we would be to the Moon in hours; we would be to
Mars in days; we would be to all the other planets in the solar system
in weeks." Even if it's a long shot, somebody like Simonyi (or Paul
Allen) will hopefully consider it worth $5M to give it a chance.

Cheers,
- Joe

On Apr 9, 12:57 pm, Christopher wrote:
On 8 Apr 2007 12:41:26 -0700, "GatherNoMoss"
wrote:

A waste of money.

Well waste or not, its his money and he can spend it on whatever he
wants.

Gee, is that a fact? Suppose he decided that another 9/11 was a good
idea? Do you think the funding of 9/11 was a way for someone to spend
their money because it was their money?

I realize I am comparing a commercial space venture with a terrorist
attack, but you seem to think that having loads of money implies no
sense of moral responsibility, or it least it could be interpretted
that way.

Eric