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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?"
I wonder if it would be cheaper for NASA to outsource some of their experiments to the Russian agency?
Really, I can think of a lot of cool experiments for the serious scientist. Things like insect eggs in space, effect of zero-G on seeds, that kind of thing
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I'm not Seth.
Cost, $20K is only one way.
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Student_Tech
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That $20K only is getting the one kilogram mass up, article says it is $60K for the trip back down.
Re:Cost, $20K is only one way.
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gl4ss
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ehh. the bbc article seems a bit confusing about this.
the per kilogram costs are cited from some russian sources as what it costs THEM to move that mail first up, then down, and to process it. one kilo fits quite many of those 20k$-30k$ letters.
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Why would anyone want that?
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DaneelGiskard
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Why would anyone want that, when you can actually talk to the peeps up there, which is free if you have the necessary license/equipment (which is easy to get and cheap)...
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I wonder if it would be cheaper for NASA to outsource some of their experiments to the Russian agency?
Really, I can think of a lot of cool experiments for the serious scientist. Things like insect eggs in space, effect of zero-G on seeds, that kind of thing
I'm not Seth.
That $20K only is getting the one kilogram mass up, article says it is $60K for the trip back down.
Why would anyone want that, when you can actually talk to the peeps up there, which is free if you have the necessary license/equipment (which is easy to get and cheap)...