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Virgin Spaceport to Be Built in N.M.
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| 12/13/2005
| JANE WARDELL
Posted on 12/13/2005 7:35:33 AM PST by The_Victor
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To: cyborg
My God!
They've started shooting virgins into space!
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posted on
12/14/2005 12:53:49 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: TheBigB
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posted on
12/14/2005 12:54:05 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: gondramB
Does that mean the state is paying for this That's right. Virgin will lease it for a while.
Landing fees should pay the rest. Oh, sure.
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posted on
12/14/2005 12:56:11 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Not transferable -- Good only for this trip)
To: TheBigB
CA Governor: We have a slutty spaceport.
NV Oregon: Oh yeah? Well, we have three or four airports that are real hosebags.
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posted on
12/14/2005 12:56:39 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: The_Victor
Where is it going to be built?
Roswell?
45
posted on
12/14/2005 1:00:14 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: RightWhale
" That's right. Virgin will lease it for a while.
Landing fees should pay the rest. Oh, sure."
So this is a quarter billion dollar tax payer funded project subsidizing a British company and whether the state gets paid back depends on the success of commercial spaceflight.
Don't think I would have voted for that.
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posted on
12/14/2005 1:00:16 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Rightful liberty is unobstructed action within limits of the equal rights of others.)
To: N. Theknow
Where is it going to be built? Roswell? Near White Sands.
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posted on
12/14/2005 1:04:02 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Petronski
Check post 18. Still the best line of the thread.
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posted on
12/14/2005 1:11:03 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: The_Victor
Oh, right.
Roswell already has a crash on its record.
White Sands is much better for a business that should mushroom.
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posted on
12/14/2005 1:30:30 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: gondramB
They needed a spaceport anyway. A lot of business should spring up around it if the zoning statues allow. Not all tourists will be flying, most of the business--hotels, restaurants, tours--will cater to the other 90%. They'll probably get tourists from all over the world. All in all they might have a major attraction to commerce. Could do worse.
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posted on
12/14/2005 1:50:59 PM PST
by
RightWhale
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To: Lazamataz
I prefer to go where no (other) man has gone before ...
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posted on
12/14/2005 1:52:38 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Petronski
My God!They've started shooting virgins into space!
Well they have to get back ahead of all of those dead islamofascists, who are standing around outside the Pearly Gates in Purgatory waiting, doing what horny dead Jihadies do when they have to wait an eternity for their 72 virgins to show up.
Of course our dead Marines are standing guard, laughing to themselves, knowing that when their watch shift change comes, they will be enjoying what the Jihadies never ever will. ;)
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posted on
12/14/2005 2:33:47 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: ArrogantBustard
I prefer to go where no (other) man has gone before ...So how soon do you and Helen Thomas rendezvous? :)
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posted on
12/14/2005 2:37:18 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
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posted on
12/14/2005 2:44:38 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Some adventurer you are. :)
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:55:15 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
Adventurer ...
Jason went after the Golden Fleece.
Odysseus was just trying to get home to his beautiful wife.
Columbus wanted to find a better route to India.
Amundsen was trying to reach the South Pole.
If I want to find a cow-pattie, I don't have to go on some great adventure.
;'}
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posted on
12/15/2005 6:36:38 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Yes, but Hercules took on Medusa. ;)
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posted on
12/15/2005 1:58:35 PM PST
by
anymouse
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