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Author:  Satis [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:34 am ]
Post subject:  Want to go to the moon?

man...I wish I was rich. Russia is offering the first space tourism flight to the moon. Only catch is it costs $100million.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article ... 18,00.html

Author:  Arathorn [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:53 am ]
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Nah, you're not gonna land I believe, just flying by.

Author:  Rinox [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:28 pm ]
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Wasn't there talk about the N'Sync guy investing in this? Man, 100 million to risk getting blown up in space? no thanks. :) You'd really do this if you had the cash Satis?

Gotta love the Russians and their would-be capitalism. The irony is that their space vessels are safer than most other countries'.

Author:  derf [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:32 pm ]
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I wouldnt pay £60m for this if i were Richard Branson. Think of what a Charity donation of £60m can achieve!

Author:  Arathorn [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:34 pm ]
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Charity? Like Live 8? I don't think those ever help, but we've been through that topic before I believe.

Author:  Rinox [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:37 pm ]
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Hehe, so either you donate it directly to a virtual dictatorship (Russia) and get some kicks out of it, or donate it indirectly to dictatorships in Africa and get crap all. Morality aside, the choice should be clear. :)

Author:  derf [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:10 pm ]
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I was thinking more along the lines of Cancer Research or some shit like that.

However, to make my self clear on this, suppose i had £60m to donate, i would arrange things personally, not do things through other charities. So i guess what i mean was to give it away "In-Charity". Basically, give it directly to the source.

Author:  Rinox [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:12 pm ]
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That would be me. :)

Author:  derf [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:37 pm ]
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Erm, i was thinking of someone more needy than you.

Author:  Arathorn [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:49 pm ]
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Ah! That should be me.

Author:  Rinox [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:02 pm ]
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lol. When Derf gets rich we'll all be standing in line for some of his gold. :P Love the new sig btw Derf. Makes me feel kinda special...besides, if Satis is in two of our sigs (Pig and mine) it's only natural I will follow, being sexier and all.

Author:  Satis [ Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:54 pm ]
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rofl...your sig is me singing a song about you...that's kinda odd.

Anyway...err....if I could really spare 100mill, yes, I'd do it. I'd be more tempted to put the cash in one of the startup aerospace tourism firms, though. I think I'd rather get a yearly trip into low earth orbit as a perk of being a major investor rather than a single trip to the moon. Still, that's cool as shit.

Oh, and before I forget, fuck charity. Charity doesn't help.

Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Author:  Franny [ Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:10 pm ]
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Satis wrote:
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.



hahaha

i wouldn't spend $100 million on going to the moon

i'd do it the old fashioned way, i.e. become a fighter pilot, fly the ass of a plane til someone notices, then become an astronaut

Author:  Rinox [ Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:38 am ]
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Nah, why would you put your life on the line if being an astronaut is the ultimate goal? In that case simply spending 100 million would be much better. :)

Author:  Franny [ Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:57 am ]
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hah me life on the line, i'd just be so good noone could ever shoot me down nor would i ever be foolish enough to fly into the ground/mountains

so barring my airplane blowing up on it's own it'd be all good, and surely then chances of dying of a stress induced heart attack while trying to earn enough so that $100 million is worth paying are more than that of your plane blowing up, so i reckon it wouldn't be too risky...

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