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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?"
Is this a joke or just some stupid ploy to get money for the Russian space program. I mean, 20k...that's an expensive letter.
What would the point be except for rich people to claim that they spent 20k on a stamp basically. I know of some crappy fundraisers, but this one sucks.
I'd rather them just ask for donations really. It'd be more honerable I think.
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-gabe
Re:uhhhhh
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Anonymous Coward
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The ashes are on a one way trip. The letter ain't.
Who would use the service? ( Was: Re:FP!!!)
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amber_lux
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really be? an fp?
And like most first posts, yours is a total waste of a message.
My question is who, other than topical philatelists, would be interested in sending snail mail to orbit for $20K.
I do know of some philatelists who are crazy enough to do that, but then, philatelists are crazy, anyway.
Re:Coolness factors....
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Zone-MR
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Ummm, I dont think its targeted at the average john doe. There are many people doing scientific reaserch which needs to be carried out for an extended period in a weightless environment.
Just because you personally have no use for it, doesnt immediatly justifying it as pointless.
those numbers were there for so that you could try to calculate the PROFIT they get from the letter, and if it was worth it for the russians to sell such service. it costs THEM $10-20,000 per kilo, $60,000 to return that kilo, and $18-19,000 per hours work of astro/cosmonauts.
-- world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Re: In Soviet Russia...
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Kinniken
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Actualy, that sounds pretty much like "In Capitalist Russia" to me...
How can you tell?
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duncf
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So lets say you deicde to drop $20,000 on a letter to space. How do you know it gets there? Do they send the letter back after, is it a round trip thing?
And if it is, how do you know it hasn't just been half way around the world, not to our orbit and back? You can't. Do the contents smell different once they've been to space? Do they get heavier or lighter? NO!
If the $20,000 is a one-way thing, they might as well throw it out before it gets on the spaceship... claiming it contained dangerous materials, or something. And you will have no way of knowing.
Whoever actually sends a message to the space station is a moron and a fool. Just donate money to the Russians if you want, but don't fool yourself into thinking your getting something out of it!
And the Russians... wow, coming up with such a crazy scheme has got to be hard work.
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Is this a joke or just some stupid ploy to get money for the Russian space program. I mean, 20k...that's an expensive letter.
What would the point be except for rich people to claim that they spent 20k on a stamp basically. I know of some crappy fundraisers, but this one sucks.
I'd rather them just ask for donations really. It'd be more honerable I think.
-gabe
And like most first posts, yours is a total waste of a message.
My question is who, other than topical philatelists, would be interested in sending snail mail to orbit for $20K.
I do know of some philatelists who are crazy enough to do that, but then, philatelists are crazy, anyway.
Wind under They Wings
Amber
Suppose you did.
Suppose you did not.
OK excuse me for being dumb but whats they point? You can send stuff into space and get it back. Great an expensive SAE :)
Rus
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No - that's US mail, with Total Information Awareness
Ummm, I dont think its targeted at the average john doe. There are many people doing scientific reaserch which needs to be carried out for an extended period in a weightless environment.
Just because you personally have no use for it, doesnt immediatly justifying it as pointless.
did you actually UNDERSTAND the article?
those numbers were there for so that you could try to calculate the PROFIT they get from the letter, and if it was worth it for the russians to sell such service. it costs THEM $10-20,000 per kilo, $60,000 to return that kilo, and $18-19,000 per hours work of astro/cosmonauts.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Actualy, that sounds pretty much like "In Capitalist Russia" to me...
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So lets say you deicde to drop $20,000 on a letter to space. How do you know it gets there? Do they send the letter back after, is it a round trip thing?
And if it is, how do you know it hasn't just been half way around the world, not to our orbit and back? You can't. Do the contents smell different once they've been to space? Do they get heavier or lighter? NO!
If the $20,000 is a one-way thing, they might as well throw it out before it gets on the spaceship... claiming it contained dangerous materials, or something. And you will have no way of knowing.
Whoever actually sends a message to the space station is a moron and a fool. Just donate money to the Russians if you want, but don't fool yourself into thinking your getting something out of it!
And the Russians... wow, coming up with such a crazy scheme has got to be hard work.