To the moon, Alice!

[Bootstrap Bill]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And with Virgin Galactic set to debut at a mere $200K, it became suddenly very clear to me last night that there is a shockingly good chance that I will make it into orbit in my lifetime. Without a shadow of a doubt, the moment the ability to get into space is priced to where it's equivalent to a slightly spendy vacation, I'm there. $200K is well out of that range, but not so far out that I can't imagine it dropping into that range in short order.

So freaking exciting.

I just don't understand how anyone could justify spending $40 million for a week at the ISS.

Do you realize what you could do with $40 million? To throw it away for a weeks vacation in space is totally CRAZY.