Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:16 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

"Would you pay $200,000... "

Errr.

No.

Of course you wouldn't.

Errrr.. Your right!

?;^)

Tom if you're going to do this, then I wish you well. Be sure to take
a few insta-matics.

Do you have plenty of flash cubes?

hk wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:16 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

"Would you pay $200,000... "

Errr.

No.

Of course you wouldn't.


Me, either. Of course, I wouldn't pay $100 for an eTEC outboard motor,
either. :-)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
This is what bothers me.

If you have the money, you are healthy enough to do it, why not?

It's the first step to the stars - revel in it.

I'm going to do it - I'm telling you, I'm going to go.

I'm with you and behind the concept 100%. "IF" I had the extra funds
around, I'd do it in a second.

I have a nephew who is an mechanic at NASA, working hands-on with the
shuttles in the programm. I've been buggin him ever since he started to
see about getting me invited for a ride. Realistically I know it will
never happen, but I can dream can't I?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:43:04 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:16 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

"Would you pay $200,000... "

Errr.

No.

Of course you wouldn't.

I wouldn't either, but if you want to pay for my ticket, I will come
along.

This is what bothers me.

If you have the money, you are healthy enough to do it, why not?

It's the first step to the stars - revel in it.

I'm going to do it - I'm telling you, I'm going to go.

Why not? Wouldn't it be nice if you could stream real time video from there
to us so we can tag along on a virtual adventure.
All the fun without the expense..... reminds me of my crewing days.

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:33:14 -0500, DownTime
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
This is what bothers me.

If you have the money, you are healthy enough to do it, why not?

It's the first step to the stars - revel in it.

I'm going to do it - I'm telling you, I'm going to go.

I'm with you and behind the concept 100%. "IF" I had the extra funds
around, I'd do it in a second.

I have a nephew who is an mechanic at NASA, working hands-on with the
shuttles in the programm. I've been buggin him ever since he started to
see about getting me invited for a ride. Realistically I know it will
never happen, but I can dream can't I?

ROTFL!!!

I have a son who is a fighter jock and I never asked him for a ride.
On my 50th birthday, he shows up at the door, escorts me out, we get
in a plane, fly down to Cherry Point MAS and I get a ride in a F-18.

Had a blast. :)

I figure if I could handle that ride - which was pretty wild - I can
handle a sub-orbital flight with no problems. :)

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

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.

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?

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.

wrote in message ...
On Jan 23, 5:12 pm, "D-unit" cof42_AT_embarqmail.com wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:e0afp3l7d9kk903edmdp26rud8s809qkne@4ax .com...

Where do I sign up?

http://tinyurl.com/258q64

I'm going to do it - seriously.

No doubt a life changing experience it would be.

db

Do you really think so? How?

You'd have $200K less money.


db

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:43:04 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:16 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

"Would you pay $200,000... "

Errr.

No.

Of course you wouldn't.

I wouldn't either, but if you want to pay for my ticket, I will come
along.

This is what bothers me.

If you have the money, you are healthy enough to do it, why not?

It's the first step to the stars - revel in it.

I'm going to do it - I'm telling you, I'm going to go.

At $200k probably not, at $100k very likely.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:43:04 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:16 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

"Would you pay $200,000... "

Errr.

No.
Of course you wouldn't.
I wouldn't either, but if you want to pay for my ticket, I will come
along.
This is what bothers me.

If you have the money, you are healthy enough to do it, why not?

It's the first step to the stars - revel in it.

I'm going to do it - I'm telling you, I'm going to go.

At $200k probably not, at $100k very likely.




For that kind of throw-away money, I can think of a bunch more earthly
pleasures on which to indulge myself.