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Private Company Plans $100 Million Tour Around the Moon
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| Aug 10, 2005
| JOHN SCHWARTZ
Posted on 08/09/2005 6:08:13 PM PDT by summer
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Wow! The future is really here!
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:08:14 PM PDT
by
summer
To: All
Also from article:
...Mr. Anderson said the timing of the announcement was not meant to tweak the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ...
"I just love the idea of demonstrating that things can be done for less money than people thought, and paradigms can be shifted," he said. "Space flight can be opened up."
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:09:56 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
Will they be giving out scholarships? My wife wouldn't approve of me spending 100M$ for this.
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:20 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
( Heaven on Earth is where the nearest Starbucks is 60 miles away.)
To: summer
(digging for change under the sofa cushions)
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:33 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
To: summer
What's the cost for steerage, one way?
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:34 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
To: summer
A roundtrip ticket will cost $100 million. Wow. I'm sure I have that kinda change lying around here somewhere!
Oh wait...I don't think I'm interested in floating the Russian Space Agency. Enough of my tax dollars do that already.
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:53 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: summer
What's the cost for steerage, one way?
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:57 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
To: isthisnickcool
ROTFLMAO....I'm thinking a lot of celebrities will want to do this trip!
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:12:12 PM PDT
by
summer
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; ...
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:12:26 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
To: Coyoteman
I'm thinking ROUND trip only on this trip...
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:12:39 PM PDT
by
summer
To: isthisnickcool
(digging for change under the sofa cushions) Hope there's a Russian/English dictionary in their, too...
Quoting from the article:
"The space-faring tourists will travel with a Russian pilot."
Translation: you'll be paying the Russian Space Agency and flying via the Russian Space Agency.
Calling it a "private enterprise" is a joke.
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:14:23 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: summer
A roundtrip ticket will cost $100 million. One way tickets aren't really an option in this case.
To: summer
I'm thinking ROUND trip only on this trip... No pioneering spirit. What, can't you hold your breath for long periods?
To: Prime Choice
Read the whole article; it's quite interesting.
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:15:25 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Coyoteman
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:15:48 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
"Mr. Anderson said he had already received expressions of interest from a few potential clients...."
Let's see, 100 million divided by 3 or 4.
Well, that puts it in that much more affordable at $25 - 33 million range.
Count me in ;)
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:16:45 PM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: summer
Can we put some liberals in a garbage scow behind this craft and just leave them circling the moon? They are lunatics anyways?
To: lexington minuteman 1775
Great idea, but make them pay to help defray my costs, first.
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:18:25 PM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: summer
What are they going to use - a beefed-up Soyuz?
To: Prime Choice
Calling it a "private enterprise" is a joke.Capitalism do have her ways, though. Even for commies.
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posted on
08/09/2005 6:20:38 PM PDT
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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