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From: gml@ssc-vax.UUCP (Gregory M Lobdell)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Joy rides
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Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 14:21:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  7 14:21:08 1986
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> > Another interesting question is: How much would you expect to get paid
> > to live and work a) in orbit, or b) on the moon?
> >
> Paid?  You mean I would get paid?  I'd do it for free.
> E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

So would I.  That is, I would work and live on the moon or in orbit
for room and board.  I also would probably be willing to work for
much less than I am now if a fringe benifit of such a job was a trip
into space.  Anyone else feel this way?

On the subject of Joy rides, if the object is weightlessness, how
about parabolic plane rides. NASA uses it to train astronauts, and
from the films that I've seen it looks pretty fun.  Each period of
weightlessness might not last long but it would be followed by a
period of high G, which would be similar to launch.  Now I'll grant
you that you wouldn't be able to look out and see the curve of the
Earth, but it certainly would be more exciting than any carnival
ride and cheaper to operate than a real space vehicle.

I wanna go for a ride!!!

Gregg Lobdell
Boeing Aerospace
Seattle, WA 
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