You know what really sucks, mainly older folks will be able to go up (as mainly older folks have that kind of cash to burn) and the time to enjoy something like space is at young ripe age...how many 80 year olds can survive the take off. It's a health hazard to say the least.
Who says those 100 people are all old? Maybe some are footballers, basketballers, baseballers, pop music artists, actors/actresses, all young and well off.
I do guarantee you that the line will shorten significantly if there's and accident. Apparently those rolls on the first flight didn't deter some people. Maybe a couple negative reviews (I was tossing my lunch like crazy, I had fun, but the people I puked on didn't seem very happy) could make it more available, too.
there's a guy back here who wants you to buzz the governators mansion
This is not targetting the average man on the street, it's an exotic vacation for the very rich.
Sounds like a recent tax cut, maybe this is where they spend that moolah to kick the economy in the butt and get it going again.
!Come to Exotic Mojave, California!
* Fly into Space *
Experience sudden acceleration, weightlessness and a harrowing plumet back down (just like the NASDAQ several years ago, only this one might kill you.) First class travelers provided with a gilt air sickness bag
Woo! I better get cracking on that new Rocket Burger joint on Highway 58 so I can get my cut of the new economic boom (no pun intended.)
Big projects require organization or shit happens.
Sometimes, when you look really carefully, you can see a project failing before the system has even been purchased.
I must say, though, that this whole concept is about 10,000 years old. Whether you are discussing building a system to manage personnel and finances or building a pyramid, you don't have a man-uh-ger waggle a finger at it and say, 'make it work'. I can remember instances where I laughed at the failure and where I nearly quit over the idiocy of the failure and it's always the manager to blame (got a bag guy on the project? take him off and replace him, that's what management is for.)
This is probably news to newbies in any field, but old hands, uh-uh.
The thing is, I'm pretty sure that antimatter has a positive mass. Electrons have mass, and protons have mass. All antimatter really is is the charge reversed between the two, making them positrons and erm.. negatrons?
Near as I can figure, when you bring matter and anti matter together you wind up with a pile of neutrons after lots of energy has been release. Probably wind up with some scared atoms and molecules, too, as not all pairings will be neat ant tidy.
Back when the first nuclear test was performed, the was half a guess that the atmosphere might ignite in a chain reaction. They went ahead with the experiment anyway. Not all the mad scientists are in movies.
Should Starfleet be the one researching this? We all know they'll be using it in the future for their spacecrafts.
Look for a patent infringement suit.
A bigger bomb isn't the answer. Guerilla warefare has shown you have to fight door-to-door. Daisy-cutters, as impressive as they were and 'Shock and awe' seem, upon reflection, to be greatly overrated in their effectiveness. People fear nuclear weapons, not just because they can kill so many, but because they can poison the land for years to come.
Sounds great, if you want your summer vacation to last about 75 seconds.
Oh, and cost US$200,000
And have a non-trivial chance of killing you
One day this will all be routine and our children's children will be fascinated that people went into space on those Saturn V powered mostrosities or even the space shuttles. You have to look past the present and visualize the future. After a few crotchety space stations, what's to stop someone from building a hotel/resort/convention center in space? Money. Practicality? Don't talk to me about practicality, I've been to enough convention centers and you oughta know people go there to get away, shoot some golf, etc. All of which and new entertainment possibilities be made possible in Zero G. The only concern I'd have about such a thing is radiation and stray space garbage smacking into it, but I think they could get that sorted out too.
Dream a little.
we've got another broken window, cruise over to the space K-Mart and get a space scooter full of whoever is hanging around to work on it.
That's a bit of a let-down, actually. I was hoping a few more people would have a successful first launch before someone managed to do it twice in two weeks. It would have been a little more dramatic.
What we want, also is some competition to spring up. It's nice to see private enterprise accomplish this, comparatively on a shoestring, but like Henry Ford, et al It would be a good to have diversity drive innovation, rather than only one model.
you can have your rocketship in any color you like, as long as it is white
Suddenly that old commercial advertisement for a Hilton Hotel in space doesn't sound so wacky anymore. What with Richard Branson investing in the Spaceship One technology
for a fleet of commercial spacecraft.
After the first several dignitaries and rich adventurers (and probably pile of useless pop stars and actors/actresses) the thing will probably be booked
solid with geeks with telescopes.
i wonder if William Shatner can get me cheap tickets through Priceline...
Unbelievable. I'm not completely opposed to software patents but this sure is a great example against them.
Makes me wonder about PCode, back in the day, ages ago when we compiled UCSD Pascal down to pcode and ran it on what amounted to a virtual machine. That was like 1980.
there's a beam that they put in to make you think that you're going to lose your hands on it
I remember a wooden beam (funny how a fright burns an image into the brain) which looked like it was going to take my head off. That was probably the ride. I'm not usually a big roller-coaster fan and the longer the line the less likely I'll try it.
Wait in lines all day
Ride about 10 rides
Spend $$ on food you wouldn't even think of eathing at home
Some of the reasons I don't do even the parks that are close by.
That would be on Space Ship One! Wheeeeee!!!
If I owned a park I'd have that as a ride. *sarcasm alert* There's only minor logistical issues involved in that, honest. *sarcasm alert*
What?!?! Did you miss the story of Richard Branson of Virgin buying into Spaceship One? Virgin Galactic is what they've tentatively named it. Only £100,000 for a sub orbital flight, but I imagine the line will be pretty exclusive.
The Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar point lasts about 15 seconds and you typically wait in line for about 2 hours.
It was a great ride though, although I liked the Millineum Force much better.
Which one is the wooden roller coaster? That was was actually more fun, shorter line didn't hurt. I must say, though, that I've had much more exhillerating rides on sleds and bicycles. Calvin and Hobbes ain't far from the truth and I've got the scars to prove it.
The volcano cam is not down perse, but it's been hit and miss all day. I'm currently looking at an image from 13:24:01 PDT this afternoon.
Now that the link is front and center on/. I wouldn't expect to have much luck for a while;)
I was looking at it before the article even came up on Slashdot and it was pre-slashdotted.
Slashdot Mirror
Who says those 100 people are all old? Maybe some are footballers, basketballers, baseballers, pop music artists, actors/actresses, all young and well off.
I do guarantee you that the line will shorten significantly if there's and accident. Apparently those rolls on the first flight didn't deter some people. Maybe a couple negative reviews (I was tossing my lunch like crazy, I had fun, but the people I puked on didn't seem very happy) could make it more available, too.
there's a guy back here who wants you to buzz the governators mansion
Sounds like a recent tax cut, maybe this is where they spend that moolah to kick the economy in the butt and get it going again.
Woo! I better get cracking on that new Rocket Burger joint on Highway 58 so I can get my cut of the new economic boom (no pun intended.)
Right after she got off the phone with that Allstate ;-)
A Politzer prize!
Sometimes, when you look really carefully, you can see a project failing before the system has even been purchased.
I must say, though, that this whole concept is about 10,000 years old. Whether you are discussing building a system to manage personnel and finances or building a pyramid, you don't have a man-uh-ger waggle a finger at it and say, 'make it work'. I can remember instances where I laughed at the failure and where I nearly quit over the idiocy of the failure and it's always the manager to blame (got a bag guy on the project? take him off and replace him, that's what management is for.)
This is probably news to newbies in any field, but old hands, uh-uh.
the FCC is becoming moot.
Hello, information? I'd like the numbers for G. David Shine and Roy Cohn.
Near as I can figure, when you bring matter and anti matter together you wind up with a pile of neutrons after lots of energy has been release. Probably wind up with some scared atoms and molecules, too, as not all pairings will be neat ant tidy.
Back when the first nuclear test was performed, the was half a guess that the atmosphere might ignite in a chain reaction. They went ahead with the experiment anyway. Not all the mad scientists are in movies.
Look for a patent infringement suit.
A bigger bomb isn't the answer. Guerilla warefare has shown you have to fight door-to-door. Daisy-cutters, as impressive as they were and 'Shock and awe' seem, upon reflection, to be greatly overrated in their effectiveness. People fear nuclear weapons, not just because they can kill so many, but because they can poison the land for years to come.
Shouldn't that be -1 gram of anti matter?
Oh, and cost US$200,000
And have a non-trivial chance of killing you
One day this will all be routine and our children's children will be fascinated that people went into space on those Saturn V powered mostrosities or even the space shuttles. You have to look past the present and visualize the future. After a few crotchety space stations, what's to stop someone from building a hotel/resort/convention center in space? Money. Practicality? Don't talk to me about practicality, I've been to enough convention centers and you oughta know people go there to get away, shoot some golf, etc. All of which and new entertainment possibilities be made possible in Zero G. The only concern I'd have about such a thing is radiation and stray space garbage smacking into it, but I think they could get that sorted out too.
Dream a little.
we've got another broken window, cruise over to the space K-Mart and get a space scooter full of whoever is hanging around to work on it.
What we want, also is some competition to spring up. It's nice to see private enterprise accomplish this, comparatively on a shoestring, but like Henry Ford, et al It would be a good to have diversity drive innovation, rather than only one model.
you can have your rocketship in any color you like, as long as it is white
After the first several dignitaries and rich adventurers (and probably pile of useless pop stars and actors/actresses) the thing will probably be booked solid with geeks with telescopes.
i wonder if William Shatner can get me cheap tickets through Priceline...
Makes me wonder about PCode, back in the day, ages ago when we compiled UCSD Pascal down to pcode and ran it on what amounted to a virtual machine. That was like 1980.
It's quite amusing that anyone in Las Vegas who lives near The Strip could make such a claim, what a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
There was some plan when the Stratosphere was originally designed to do something more outrageous with the ride, but they ran out of money, IIRC.
I remember a wooden beam (funny how a fright burns an image into the brain) which looked like it was going to take my head off. That was probably the ride. I'm not usually a big roller-coaster fan and the longer the line the less likely I'll try it.
Wait in lines all day
Ride about 10 rides
Spend $$ on food you wouldn't even think of eathing at home
Some of the reasons I don't do even the parks that are close by.
Seeing those White Tigers and seeing the name 'Spine Snapper' reminds me of Siegfried and Roy and what the tiger did to Roy.
Yo, ride the sky,
What da heck,
When you done,
She bite yo neck
these guys know how to treat a woman
What?!?! Did you miss the story of Richard Branson of Virgin buying into Spaceship One? Virgin Galactic is what they've tentatively named it. Only £100,000 for a sub orbital flight, but I imagine the line will be pretty exclusive.
Wheeeee! Indeed.
Which one is the wooden roller coaster? That was was actually more fun, shorter line didn't hurt. I must say, though, that I've had much more exhillerating rides on sleds and bicycles. Calvin and Hobbes ain't far from the truth and I've got the scars to prove it.
On a positive note, you won't have to blow your nose for about a month, as it'll fling unrestrained boogers, too.
Ok, let's start the pool -- How long before Cedar Point outdoes this?
Turned down names:
Zippy-poo
Baghdad Dive-bomber
Tip Top Gun
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Hollywood Finances Explained Ride
The Bridge of Death (What color are we going to paint it? Blue! No! Green!-AAAAHHH!!!)
DotCom Bubble Bust Ride of Doom
Campaign 2004
Worlds highest ride is Taipei 101 (also known as Taipei Financial Center), but you only get the ride when an eartquake hits Taiwan.
I was looking at it before the article even came up on Slashdot and it was pre-slashdotted.
Looka this instead.
? Iludium Pu-36 Space Modulator Missing at Line 335