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Subject: Re: Joy rides
Message-ID: <8601260112.AA04139@alliant.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 20:12:41 EST
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In article <8601222243.AA04061@s1-b.arpa> you write:
>                                                 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).

For me. personally:
	1) Sub-orbital "jaunt" (say, 10 minutes). $100 and I'd do it now!
	   $500 and I'd think about it, $1000 probably not (but maybe).

	2) 1 Orbit (90 minutes). $1000 and I'd do it now! Above that &
	   I'd think about it.





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