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From: richter@GMR.CSNET (Roy Richter)
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Subject: Re: Joy Rides
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 10:50:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 10:50:00 1986
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I'd pay $1000 for the ten-minute ride.  Make that twenty minutes.

However, I found this in the Feb 86 Changing Times magazine, p.22:

Society Expeditions is taking reservations (for 1992) rides into space.
The company will use two conical vehicles to rocket 20 passengers and a crew
1000 miles into the great beyond.  You get 3 days pre-flight training,
8 to 12 hour ride in space (two meals included).  This is enough for
5-8 orbits, depending on the pattern.  Claimed is a max of 3 g's on liftoff.
The usual tour-guide services are provided (lectures, ``On your left
you see Africa,'' that sort of thing.)

They predict 1000 people/year by the late 1990's.  Start saving now, though:
You can hold a seat with a $5000 deposit, refundable up to one year before
the flight.  $50,000 for the flight, $2000 for pre-flight training.
More info at Society Expeditions, 723 Broadway E., Seattle WA 98102
or 800-426-7994.

Would somebody tell me if this is for real?  According to the low-brows
I've seen respond so far, $50K is out of line.

Roy Richter
Physics Department
General Motors Research Labs

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