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From: bilbo.niket@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU ("Niket K. Patwardhan")
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Joy rides
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 17:23:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 22 17:23:33 1986
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We have now had two Congressmen take a joyride in the shuttle, and I'm sure
that us lesser folk would like to enjoy one too. Supposing you could go into
space.... not into orbit, but just out of the atmosphere for 10 minutes to an
hour, how much would you be willing to pay? You'd experience zero G, the
launch, the blackness of space, and really see the Earth. Would this be just as 
hard (difficult, costly, etc) as achieving orbit? In my opinion $10 per ticket
would make it as popular as Disneyland, and $100 would cause most people to
forget it.

Comments on your trade-off price direct to me (I'll post a summary).