Re: the un-economics of space travel

From: Nathan Gant (NGANT17_at_peoplepc.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:18:24 GMT

You can't go, Eric. As you don't have the money, i.e., you're not a
multi-millionaire, but even if you were, you probably are not going to waste
$20M bucks for a tourist ride into outer space.

Once the public realizes that they're getting ripped-off by NASA, all this
crap about "prestige" and hi-tech advances and other BS, it will be exposed
for what it is and we can put these worthless space scientists to do real
work, like washing dishes and digging ditches for a living. On Earth, of
course.

"Eric Chomko" <echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu> wrote in message
news:ctu0eu$19gg$5@news.ums.edu...
> Nathan Gant (NGANT17@peoplepc.com) wrote:
> : there isn't much debate that the economics of space travel are marginal
at
> : best. If the moon were awash in oil, bringing it to Earth would be
> : uneconomical -- the same goes for gold, diamonds and every other natural
> : resource. Agriculture and manufacturing are even less viable in space
(the
> : nonsense that was sold to a gullible public about crystals growing at
the
> : International Space Station remains nonsense).
>
>
>
> We go to space because it is there. And since it will continue to be there
> we will continue to go. It is really quite simple.
>
> Eric

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