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Paddy O'Flanigan
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Commercial space flight coming in 2007 for $250k

05/19/2005 9:24 AM

PlanetSpace is planning to offer 15 minute flights into space beginning in 2007. Would you fork over $250K to go sub-orbital?

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Minutes and Dollars

05/19/2005 1:43 PM

It's a good thing that the trip involves training and an extended stay in space. Feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken, but wouldn't a 15-minute trip worth $250,000 cost somewhere in the neighborhood of almost $17,000 per minute? Pretty steep stuff.
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Re:Minutes and Dollars

05/19/2005 2:17 PM

In the words of Rockefeller about his yacht, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

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Paddy O'Flanigan
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Re:Minutes and Dollars

05/19/2005 4:05 PM

Only Charlie Sheen regularly pays this rate ;)
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Re:Minutes and Dollars

05/20/2005 2:32 PM

I'll take things that people spend to much money on for $1 Billion Alex...

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V2 Rockets?

05/19/2005 5:27 PM

Last time I checked they explode when they hit the ground....

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