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Space Tourism?
Cave_Monster wonders: "With the successful return to earth by Gregory Olson, the US businessman who allegedly paid around £11m for his trip, what are people's thoughts on continuing with this trend? It is definately favourable towards generating extra funds for space programs, and with Mr. Olson preferring to be labeled as a 'flight participant' rather than a tourist, it definately begs the question as to how much input can these paying people have in space research? Experiments that he participated in included further investigation into how the human body deals with weightlessness and the possible causes to lower back pain and nausea, yet are these activities simply carried out so as to 'entertain' or is there real scientific purpose behind them? With the next 'tourist' expected to be Japanese businessman Daisuke Enomoto, should paying people have a real scientific background or is money simply enough?"
With the next 'tourist' expected to be Japanese businessman Daisuke Enomoto, should paying people have a real scientific background or is money simply enough?"
Money is enough.
Are you kidding? If I had several million to blow on a trip to space I sure as hell would do it.
I'd want to do stupid stuff too. Like put a tether on and fly around with a fire extinguisher rocket. I'd also probably be an idiot and shoot at the moon some. Then all us astronauts would run out and place space ball. I'm sure that'd be a sweet EVA.
I'd make most of my money back plugging Coke and Virgin Galactic. Then I'd make my own cereal called Space-O's which would really be fruit loops with different packaging and a charicature of my mug on it.
Eventually some aliens would catch my message in a bottle upside the head and be like...oh man, damn earthlings.
- Jack Handy's step-brother
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. More money for space programs is usually a Good Thing(TM).
"The newly born animals are then whisked off for a quick run through a giant baking oven." --heard on Food Network
I'll just start my own Space Tourism agency with hookers and Blackjack!
In fact, forget the Space Tourism.
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Given that the space station itself doesn't have a real scientific purpose, using it to host tourists is perfectly appropriate.
I've seen this coming for a while, it will get more common and cheaper and accessible to the common man..
1) Space Tourism, trip to The Moon Disneyland with the kids..
2) Profit!
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(I couldn't find the pound thingy on my keyboard so I typed $)
Here ya go. I included a few extras for the next time you need them...
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Hope that helps.
I'm just waiting for the price to come down. When it becomes affordable, I'll be there!
allow you to join the mile high club for 5 or 10k dollars
I don't think 'mile high club' means what you think it means.
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