Posted on 04/11/2012 5:35:15 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Ten days ago, British business magnate Richard Branson announced a new Virgin venture – Virgin Volcanic: an expedition to the centre of Earth through an active volcano.
As you probably guessed, it was an April Fool’s joke – a very cheesy one, too, as days earlier James Cameron had just reached the ocean’s deepest point, an (actual) expedition that was well discussed on The Conversation.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconversation.edu.au ...
but, but, we staged the moonlanding and it never really happened. not proven science, /sarc.
Like all scams. Suckers pay. The alchemist is alive and well.
Why do you think this is a scam??
Maybe not a scam per se, but in my book reaching an altitude of 100 miles with zero velocity is a glorified Vomit Comet ride, not space travel.
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