On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Keith Hudson wrote: > At 12:32 29/10/2010 +0200, Chris wrote: > >Keith challenged: > > > Find me a new consumer product that's highly desirable by the > > > rich, very expensive -- say, equivalent to what the car was in the > > > 1910s/20s -- but capable of repeated phases of mass production until it > > > reaches down to everybody in due course. > > > >How about space tourism? > >Mark Shuttleworth paid 20m, now it's getting cheaper... > > About as attractive for most as bungee-jumping I'd suggest (and that's free!). > > Keith
Where did you get that idea? It is both popular and lucrative. People line up for the opportunity, as they do for sky diving, etc. They do have one day a year at the operation on the gorge near Nanaimo where they offer free jumping as a promotion, but only if you agree to jump naked. If space travel was a cheap as bungee jumping, the planet would be rapidly emptied (assuming destinations which such a condition would allow to be constructed). -Pete _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
