[meteorite-list] Branson Offers Voyages into Space [OT?]

From: VeIocity_at_aol.com <VeIocity_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 29 02:40:30 2004
Message-ID: <327AB431.348C9BFE.0083611C_at_aol.com>

Yes, I read that article about Branson's passenger flights into space---however, the ticket price is rather steep, and with very little ROI. Nearly $200,000 per person for a 3-4 hour flight, a brief view of the curvature of the horizon, and only 4 minutes of weightlessness! I don't know that I'd risk my money OR my life for a mere teaser. Think I'll just wait another decade or so and catch an economy shuttle ($360 coach) up to a low-earth-orbit Holiday Inn. :)



In a message dated 9/28/2004 3:32:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Notkin" <geoking_at_notkin.net> writes:

>Dear Listees:
>
>Sorta off-topic, but I thought this article from today's London
>"Independent" would be of interest to some.
>
>Richard Branson, of Virgin Atlantic Airways, plans to offer
>commercial, non-orbital flights into space by 2007, using technology
>developed by the SpaceShipOne team.
>
>And a hotel in space too? Book me a nice suite right away, but --
>please guys -- no throwing rocks out of the window ? : )
>
>
>Full story here:
>
>http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=566451
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Geoff N.
>www.notkin.net
>www.paleozoic.org
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