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How much are you willing to pay for a 10 minute ride to space and back?
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:32 am
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:32 am
https://www.blueorigin.com/
By the way, not announced yet, but told to me by inside sources at NASA that Jeff Bezos will be one of the passengers, and possibly Buzz Aldrin (if his health holds out) as the launch will coincide with the 52nd anniversary of Aldrin and Armstrong landing on the moon. As the last surviving members of that crew, Armstrong passed away in 2012, and Michael Collins, who piloted the command module circling the Moon, passed away earlier this year, Aldrin's presence would hold significant sentimental presence.
That's gotta' be worth a few million. Start digging out your couch coins, baws.
*ETA - By the way, updated on 6-7-21: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/jeff-bezos-first-human-flight for anyone questioning my access to sources.
By the way, not announced yet, but told to me by inside sources at NASA that Jeff Bezos will be one of the passengers, and possibly Buzz Aldrin (if his health holds out) as the launch will coincide with the 52nd anniversary of Aldrin and Armstrong landing on the moon. As the last surviving members of that crew, Armstrong passed away in 2012, and Michael Collins, who piloted the command module circling the Moon, passed away earlier this year, Aldrin's presence would hold significant sentimental presence.
That's gotta' be worth a few million. Start digging out your couch coins, baws.
*ETA - By the way, updated on 6-7-21: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/jeff-bezos-first-human-flight for anyone questioning my access to sources.
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 11:00 am
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:33 am to HubbaBubba
3.5 Dogecoin.
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:35 am to HubbaBubba
quote:im not paying anything unless this is part of the deal
and back?
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:35 am to HubbaBubba
I’d at least want to orbit a few times
A real John Glenn Cleveland steamer
A real John Glenn Cleveland steamer
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:37 am to HubbaBubba
Do I have to sign a release?
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:47 am to HubbaBubba
Aldrin can’t take the Gs
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:49 am to HubbaBubba
Meh
When I go skydiving every weekend is more exciting than that. And it only costs $25 each time
When I go skydiving every weekend is more exciting than that. And it only costs $25 each time
This post was edited on 6/5/21 at 10:50 am
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:54 am to HubbaBubba
Not sure what is reasonable but I would the chance to be in space
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:58 am to HubbaBubba
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10 minute ride to space
Bout 350
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:58 am to HubbaBubba
Meanwhile SpaceX is sending regular people into the highest orbit since the Hubble repairs. Blue Origin continues to be a complete joke and failure of a company.
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:58 am to HubbaBubba
Not interested in this.
With that said, assuming I don't die young, I will visit space at some point in my lifetime. The only thing I haven't decided is where this will fall on the age/price/experience continuum.
Put another way, the younger I am, the more pleasant the experience will be from a physical perspective. However, the sooner I do it, the more expensive it will be and the experience itself will be lesser (simple entry versus orbit, bare bones versus luxury, etc, etc).
I'm in my mid-30's now, and I'm hoping that we've reached a decent middle ground on all of those considerations by time I hit my early to mid 50's or so, but we'll see.
With that said, assuming I don't die young, I will visit space at some point in my lifetime. The only thing I haven't decided is where this will fall on the age/price/experience continuum.
Put another way, the younger I am, the more pleasant the experience will be from a physical perspective. However, the sooner I do it, the more expensive it will be and the experience itself will be lesser (simple entry versus orbit, bare bones versus luxury, etc, etc).
I'm in my mid-30's now, and I'm hoping that we've reached a decent middle ground on all of those considerations by time I hit my early to mid 50's or so, but we'll see.
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:22 am to HubbaBubba
Not interested in playing just the tip with space... If I’m already in the area, let me penetrate the black hole or something.
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:31 am to HubbaBubba
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:37 am to HubbaBubba
I like Ric Flair but I'm not gay for him.
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:38 am to HubbaBubba
100 dollars
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:49 am to HubbaBubba
The real question is can we set up a GoFundMe to launch OweO into orbit? Will they cut us a deal since we don't need the "and back" part of the trip?
Posted on 6/5/21 at 12:04 pm to HubbaBubba
Only go if OP's mom rides along so I can make her part of the space-high club 
Posted on 6/5/21 at 12:49 pm to HubbaBubba
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Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, the pay-as-you-go spaceman. As in pay off democrat politicians in return for a lucrative government contract to build a rocket to go to the moon. An effort Elon Musk and his SpaceX rocketmen are well underway at accomplishing (Google SpaceX Starship). Unfortunately Elon Musk has one thing the liberal democrats just loath. His massive SpaceX Spaceport is in Texas.
So while Bezos et al is launching his dummy manned propane tank turned rocket in West Texas, Elon Musk and company, is ferrying astronauts to ISS......and back.
Elections have consequences.
This post was edited on 6/5/21 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 6/5/21 at 12:50 pm to HubbaBubba
Wait, I thought this was included with Prime?
Posted on 6/5/21 at 12:51 pm to HubbaBubba
Seems like you could just do some peyote in a beanbag chair instead
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