Branson does it again: commercial spaceship

No scam. But I wouldn't call $200k + exactly affordable.

mike regish

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http://www.virgingalactic.com/

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By the end of the decade, Virgin Galactic LLC - the most exciting
development in
the story of modern space history - is planning to make it possible for
almost
anyone to visit the final frontier at an affordable price.
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When Branson does it then one can believe it will become reality.


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The more one is absorbed in fighting Evil,
the less one is tempted to place the Good
in question. (J.P. Sartre)

SCAM

("mike regish" wrote)
No scam. But I wouldn't call $200k + exactly affordable.


That's for what, 3 minutes in space?

The Russian space tourist flights, at 10-20 million, where they send you
into orbit for a week or so, and then maybe get you back down again
(sometime) sound like the better bargain.


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
mike regish wrote:

No scam. But I wouldn't call $200k + exactly affordable.

That's for what, 3 minutes in space?

The Russian space tourist flights, at 10-20 million, where they
send you into orbit for a week or so, and then maybe get you back
down again (sometime) sound like the better bargain.

The Russian option may very well be the better bargain for the Duke
of Westminster, but there are plenty of folk who couldn't come up
with anything like that sum who *could* rustle up Branson's hundred
(UK) grand - heck, I reckon *I* could do that by cashing in some
investments and remortgaging my house.