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Walk in Space for $15 Million (Plus Airfare)
avtchillsboro writes "A NY Times article has details on a news release by Space Adventures Ltd. (SAL). SAL has previously provided space trips to three wealthy individuals for (US)$20 million. The article announces the $15 million EVA 'upgrade', and quotes SAL chief executive Eric Anderson, who says that the plan has been approved by the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation; but the article also says that NASA has not been informed." From the article: "Fewer than 450 people have traveled to space, and the club of spacewalkers is even more exclusive. Just 151 people have stepped outside the relative safety of their craft to greet the void with only a visor to separate life and death. 'Spacewalk is the ultimate experience that we've managed to invent as humans,' said Tom Jones, a former astronaut and spacewalker who is an adviser to Space Adventures. Being outside the craft when 'there's nothing between you and the ground below but empty space,' he said, is 'incomparable.'"
$15 Million for the space walk but you better have the $100 million if you hope to get back in!
We can send Billy Gates to space almost 3333 times;D
Over 450 people have been to space, and 150 have walked in space, but did you know that no-one has ever eaten hot chilis in space?!!
Yes, for only a few dollars more you can be the first* to:
- Sing "I did it my way" while orbiting the equator ($15m)
- Take part in a Rheingold-approved smart mob from 150m up! ($16.5m)
- Experience the dark side of the moon ($50m)
- Dig for diamonds and gold on the surface of the moon ($350m)**
- Dare to try "extreme reentry", just you and a suit and a chute ($5m)
- Do the 'No HAL!' space dance ($30m)
- Learn to patch an inflatable space station using chewing gum and frozen urine ($22.5m)
- Take guitar lessons in space ($32m)
- Conceive your next baby in space ($40m for two)
* Alien visitations not included.
** Precious items recovered from the lunar surface are the property of the tour company.
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"...that the plan has been approved by the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation", who, according to another source, a Mr.Satan, would gladly sell your soul to the devil for the right price, no questions asked.
It's not unusual.
Nice ideas. I've decided to patent them all so please add $1m to all your listed prices, for royalty payments. Thank-you.
Also I am patenting:
Accessing a database in space.
Running a webserver in space.
Using a mobile phone in space.
Listening to music in space.
Swinging on a swing in space.
Plus many others...
I'll probably be modded down for this...