On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:49:46 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Jan 23, 12:48?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Where do I sign up?

http://tinyurl.com/258q64

I'm going to do it - seriously.

Bragging rights will be enormous for the first couple of years and
then it's just ho-hum. (anybody remember more than 2-3 names of the
many, many people who have walked on the moon?).

In order: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan
Shepard, Ed Mitchell, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Jack Young, Charles Duke,
Gene Cernan and Harry Schmitt.

Would you also like the names of all former and current astronauts who
have made space flights? :)

Some people who go initially will appear to do so just to prove they
had the means to do so. Yaaaaaawn.

Which differs from other explorations how exactly? The New World
wasn't exactly discoverd and explored by those who didn't have the
means.

I think the experience itself will be less fabulous than many people
imagine. IMO, this is an extremely high altitude airplane, and
certainly not the space shuttle.

It's not meant to be - it's meant to demonstrate the viability of
space flight for everyone.

Today - sub-orbital. Tomorrow, space colonies.

The $200,000 aside----- I wouldn't go unless there is adequate leg
room and they serve something besides peanuts and pretzels for lunch.
If I had to pay $5 for a beer (and if the head is dripping with fecal
matter, urine, and disinfectant), I would be very unhappy indeed.

Wait, if you health permits. 2-3 years into this thing and you can
probably fly for $20k instead of $200k. But who would want to?

I would - again and again until I couldn't or I was dead.