At 14:35 29/10/2010 -0700, Pete Vincent wrote:
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.
But the elastic is still tied to one's ankles? . . . M'mmm . . . then
that's all right.
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).
Ah well, this is where we get to Richard Branson's subtle plan to get rid
of his rich competitors. Once they're dangling in orbit then they'll surely
be a mass tourist attraction.
Keith
Keith Hudson, Saltford, England
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