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From: white@BRAHMS (Samuel P. White)
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Subject: Re: Joy rides
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 02:56:12 EST
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In article <8601222243.AA04061@s1-b.arpa> you write:
>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).
Are you seriously implying that most people would turn down a chance to
go to space even if it cost 100 dollars?  Personally,  I think there
are many people who would think money was no object, they would
pay more just to get a chance for a ride.  People already
pay 100s of dollars for short plane trips, certainly they would be
be willing to pay more for a trip of a lifetime even if it does go
nowhere but up and back. :-)  I think that at even 1,000 dollars
it would be hard to keep the flood back.