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Virgin Galactic

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by Uncle Joe, Oct 4, 2004.

  1. Uncle Joe

    Uncle Joe Member

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    This might have been mentioned elsewhere, but i thought it deserved a post of its own.

    Richard Branson has bought the rights to use Space Ships One technology to fire two passengers into space at a time at a charge of almost $200,000 dollars.

    For this price you get all of 3 minutes in space! Would any of you pay for this?
     
    Uncle Joe, Oct 4, 2004
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  3. shaggie

    shaggie Senior Member

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    There's 313 billionaires in the U.S. now, about 50 more than a year ago. 200K is nothing to them. Plenty of rock starts in the $200 million range too.
     
    shaggie, Oct 4, 2004
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  5. Soulless||Chaos

    Soulless||Chaos SelfInducedExistence

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    If I was one of those billionaires, I'd just buy my own damn spaceship.
     
    Soulless||Chaos, Oct 4, 2004
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