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michael
on from the diving-in-to-capitalism dept.
0biJon writes "The BBC says 'For as little as $20,000, you could soon have a letter sent to a new "post office" aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and back care of the Russian space agency.' Maybe Lance Bass can mail himself up?"
"The check's in the mail. It's probably still on the launch pad. I mailed it in plenty of time, though."
I shudder to think of the kind of bills you'd need to have a $20-$30K stamp be a cost effective stalling method. I doubt they'd launch your letter before their check clears, at least.
-- I spent a year in Iraq looking for WMD and all I found was this lousy sig.
Re:Great excuse...
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Anonymous Coward
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>it's probably a god damn accepted spelling now, I'll add that to my reasons to hate list
It is, and we hate you back, but with WMDs. Perhaps you're on our liberation list?
Do you think you could use one of those business reply envelopes (postage to be paid by addressee) to send your junk mail offers back via the ISS and thereby really stick it to that bank that keeps offering you the 0.01% VISA card?
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IAAL
rubber stamped space mail
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GregorianChant
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Imagine the dismay on the senders face when their galactic letter comes back with "Return To Sender" on the envelope:) For 20,000 bucka you better make damn sure that the letter is addressed correctly!!
I'd like to recieve the mail...
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aerojad
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If I lived somewhere where it cost 20,000 to mail me, I don't think any advertiser would bug me again... ever.
I reckon my postie will be rightly pissed if he has to ride his bike all the way from the space station Post Office to my appartment. But he does need the exercise so if anyone wants to send mail to me this way.. feel free.
-- Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth What truth? There is no dupe
Re:working up to pigs later
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Jason1729
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If a letter costs $20k, a catalog will be a lot more. It might be cheaper to pay the $20 Million to have it hand delivered. Maybe by one of the models:).
But, if you want to save $2K and achieve the same result...
1. Put Lance in an envelope with the sender's address as "Space Station, Earh Orbit" 2. Mail him to your own address 3. Refuse to accept him and send him back to the post office 4. The PO will send the mail back to the original sender, i.e. the Space Station
-- The web is a dominatrix. Everywhere I turn, I see little buttons ordering me to Submit.
Delivery of one kilo of cargo...... id donate to a fund to have lance take an hour space walk w/ no space suit!
Or how about have'em sent there a kilo at a time...
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"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy
Re:Cost, $20K is only one way.
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HappyClown
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$60K for it to come back down?!! What are they trying to do, get it delivered in one piece or something?! Like that ever happens with regular post.
To get it back down I can't see why they wouldn't just throw it out the window. Sure, it may do a few thousand laps of the earth first (just like regular post), and it my burn up on reentry (your own fault for inadequate packaging), but think of the amount of Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf merchandise you could buy with the savings.
Re: load size?
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Black+Parrot
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> One question is whether the $20,000 for the stamp is merely an additional cost, or if it includes the cost of transporting a kilogram or so of cargo.
Sounds like someone's thinking about becoming the system's first astrodealer. You reckon they smoke a lot of pot on the ISS?
-- Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
NASA's new business model
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duplo
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1) Take Printer to ISS 2) Tell people to send letters for 20K 3) Scan letters 4) email letters 5) Print letters on ISS 6) PROFIT
It shouldn't be too hard to mail Lance
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tuxlove
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Given a midsize cardboard box, a large garbage bag and a hacksaw, I think I can package him appropriately.
A request...
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Anonymous Coward
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Maybe Lance Bass can mail himself up?
Sounds like a great idea. I have one request though...
For the return trip, he takes the shuttle.
Bad taste, I know, sorry.;)
A touch of space
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2sleep2type
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I can imagine that this is going to be very popular.
Not just the wedding rings.
But you could send your favorite SIFI junk then send it up and back again and sell it on as truly out of this world.
Same kind of thing for new age healing power of space type junk
Very special edition Franklin Mint includes 0.001% of real space exposed material
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for 20g's can i request that lance recieve permanent residence?
oh wait...
I shudder to think of the kind of bills you'd need to have a $20-$30K stamp be a cost effective stalling method. I doubt they'd launch your letter before their check clears, at least.
I spent a year in Iraq looking for WMD and all I found was this lousy sig.
Do you think you could use one of those business reply envelopes (postage to be paid by addressee) to send your junk mail offers back via the ISS and thereby really stick it to that bank that keeps offering you the 0.01% VISA card?
IAAL
Imagine the dismay on the senders face when their galactic letter comes back with "Return To Sender" on the envelope :) For 20,000 bucka you better make damn sure that the letter is addressed correctly!!
If I lived somewhere where it cost 20,000 to mail me, I don't think any advertiser would bug me again... ever.
SecondPageMedia - Wha
I reckon my postie will be rightly pissed if he has to ride his bike all the way from the space station Post Office to my appartment. But he does need the exercise so if anyone wants to send mail to me this way .. feel free.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
If a letter costs $20k, a catalog will be a lot more. It might be cheaper to pay the $20 Million to have it hand delivered. Maybe by one of the models :).
Jason
ProfQuotes
Of course it while, that's what the Patriot act is for.
I'm thinking masterbation in space must be a messy thing. Literally.
slashdot, news for crazed liberal socialist zealots
...until someone sends an envelope full of Anthrax up there.
Would they ever be able to decontaminate the place, or would they have to scrap the entire station?
Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
That's OK. I expect to have mine returned marked "Insufficient Postage".
Recycle PCs and build a wireless community network www.hillsborough.org.nz
What do you think this is? A joke?
But, if you want to save $2K and achieve the same result...
1. Put Lance in an envelope with the sender's address as "Space Station, Earh Orbit"
2. Mail him to your own address
3. Refuse to accept him and send him back to the post office
4. The PO will send the mail back to the original sender, i.e. the Space Station
The web is a dominatrix. Everywhere I turn, I see little buttons ordering me to Submit.
Delivery of one kilo of cargo... ...
id donate to a fund to have lance take an hour space walk w/ no space suit!
Or how about have'em sent there a kilo at a time...
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy
$60K for it to come back down?!! What are they trying to do, get it delivered in one piece or something?! Like that ever happens with regular post. To get it back down I can't see why they wouldn't just throw it out the window. Sure, it may do a few thousand laps of the earth first (just like regular post), and it my burn up on reentry (your own fault for inadequate packaging), but think of the amount of Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf merchandise you could buy with the savings.
> One question is whether the $20,000 for the stamp is merely an additional cost, or if it includes the cost of transporting a kilogram or so of cargo.
Sounds like someone's thinking about becoming the system's first astrodealer. You reckon they smoke a lot of pot on the ISS?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
1) Take Printer to ISS
2) Tell people to send letters for 20K
3) Scan letters
4) email letters
5) Print letters on ISS
6) PROFIT
Given a midsize cardboard box, a large garbage bag and a hacksaw, I think I can package him appropriately.
Sounds like a great idea. I have one request though...
For the return trip, he takes the shuttle.
Bad taste, I know, sorry. ;)
Not just the wedding rings.
But you could send your favorite SIFI junk then send it up and back again and sell it on as truly out of this world.
Same kind of thing for new age healing power of space type junk
Very special edition Franklin Mint includes 0.001% of real space exposed material
That's just a few moments of thinking