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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Corsair on October 03, 2004, 09:40:36 pm

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: Corsair on October 03, 2004, 09:40:36 pm

Who's ready for a wild ride? (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/03/xprize.advancer.reut/index.html)

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: GoulMeister on October 03, 2004, 09:46:18 pm

Such rediculos prices, i'll never go into space:(

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: Liberator on October 03, 2004, 10:01:30 pm

In 10 years it'll cost as much as a commercial plane ticket does today, and all the companies will be broke just like the commercial carriers of today.

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: an0n on October 03, 2004, 10:27:10 pm

There's something unsettling about flying into a frozen vaccuum with a company operating under a 'cut all costs' mentality.

The only way you're getting me into space is aboard my private shuttle, so I can be damn sure no-one's cut corners with the air-lock seals to keep to budget.

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: Black Wolf on October 03, 2004, 11:02:01 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Liberator
In 10 years it'll cost as much as a commercial plane ticket does today, and all the companies will be broke just like the commercial carriers of today.

QANTAS is still doing fairly well.

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: Rictor on October 04, 2004, 12:19:01 am

up up and away!!!!

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: Liberator on October 04, 2004, 01:09:17 am

Maybe, but my uncle worked for US Air, and it, Delta and about all of the major international carriers are going bankrupt and firing much of their staff because their business models are crap and centered around impossibly expensive mechanisms in both outlay for new aircraft and maintenance of older planes.  When they changed it from a flying bus like it was in the late 50s to "daytrips for jetsetters" was when they started to die.

Title: T-minus less than one day
Post by: Stealth on October 04, 2004, 08:46:39 am

you're really having fun lately, aren't you...

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;)