Posted on 07/22/2006 12:30:26 PM PDT by beyond the sea
You don't have to be an astronaut anymore to experience walking in space. All you need is $35 million and the willingness to risk your life.
A private Virginia firm that already has sent three super-rich men to the international space station for $20 million each announced Friday it would offer an even rarer adventure: A stroll outside the space station for an extra $15 million.
"It is the holy grail of spaceflight; it's something very few of the astronauts and cosmonauts have done," said Eric Anderson, chief executive of Space Adventures Ltd.
A private Virginia firm that already has sent three super-rich men to the international space station for $20 million each announced Friday it would offer an even rarer adventure: A stroll outside the space station for an extra $15 million.
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How much to get back??
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The spacewalk is very dangerous. Tourists would probably hover just outside on a short tether and with their spacesuits inflated like a three year old in a snowsuit so they couldn't move their arms or legs.
Read the story this a.m. in the local paper. Gives "moonbats" a new meaning. Somebody is making the Russians rich.
Who would have thunk the ISS would become Disney World for the super rich?
That would be enough for me. If I ever get a big enough lottery win I would do it.
I'll let you walk around my backyard in a bubble suit for a mere 50K.
The spacewalk is free. It costs $15 million to get them to open the hatch for you to get back in, though.
There's a Japanese tycoon training to go up next. Will he spring for the extra 15 million for a postcard of himself doing an EVA?
Hope he's smart enough to know how to open the door...
Disney World for the superrich, I like that...it isn't the thrill they're paying for, though, as much as the status symbol.
If I had the cash, I'd fund a trip to Mars. $35 million seems like a paltry price for the experience of a lifetime.
Hope he at least gets a T-Shirt!
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Here's hoping you stay there if you get there.
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