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| View Poll Results: For 7 days in space, I would pay. (USD) | |||
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5 | 27.78% |
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3 | 16.67% |
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5 | 27.78% |
| none. I am happy to stay on earth. |
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5 | 27.78% |
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I'll wait until the price comes down to below 50k. That's for a orbital flight btw; none of this ballistic trajectory for 5 minutes above 60 miles, stuff!
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I'd gladly pay 100k for a full orbital or beyond flight, assuming I had the disposable income. None of the 5 minute ballistic junk though - that isn't worth much at all to me.
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Don't you mean ... how much would they pay me?
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Same here. I'd pay a few K for a suborbital, but not anything like 100K. An orbital though - well, that's been a major goal for (literally) as long as I can remember.
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I'm not so hot about low Earth orbit, but to fly to the moon or Mars I'd shave my head, empty my bank account, and give up pizza forever.
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Right now, commercial orbital flights are so expensive that only the superrich can afford them (still, with the historical slow pace of development, it's impressive that there are commercial orbital flights). If they could get things down to around the $100K level though, with perhaps a few days stay in something like a Bigelow space hotel, I think there would be a lot of people who would pony up the money for once-in-a-lifetime experiences. That wouldn't get them a lot of repeat business - for that, they would have to rely on the countries that want to get into manned space flight, but do it cheaply.
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I wouldn't. Not $100,000
Not 50,000 The orbiter would be exciting in a scientific prospect... But I think if I had $100,000 to spare like that- I would pursue something that would pay off more scientifically than just the thrill of having "been in space." I know. Im awful... But all my life, since I was a wee lad, I've day dreamed about space and space travel. The orbiter is usefull and good for humanity. But it's a baby step. It's humanities of touching its toe in the water. I'm looking forward to a return to the Moon. To Mars. Beyond. Almost to the point of being uncertain as to whether or not I'm glad I was born in this era; If I came too late (missed Apollo) or too soon. I don't know if I'm making sense here. But to me the orbiter isn't enough. Saying I went to space wouldn't be enough to justify doing it. I'd LOVE to do it... But it isn't enough. If I was given a choice between being the bold astronaut who got to go up in the shuttle for two or three missions... Or the guy who sits in a back room at NASA designing and developing projects to reach out into the solar system for life... I would choose the latter. Sure I can look up at the sky and day dream. Marvel and wonder like all our ancestors did, instead of having gone up for a couple missions. But in the long run... Hmmm ![]() ETA: I would also take a cut of that money and hire a typing instructor ![]() Last edited by Neverfly; 28-September-2007 at 02:55 AM. |
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