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| Dave U. Random... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:50 am |
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<dumpster4 at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote in message news:29304102-4830-4ccf-a303-
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[quote]"A company behind plans to open the first
hotel in space says it is on target to accept
its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics
questioning the investment and time frame
for the multi-billion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects of The
Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost
3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night
stay at the hotel, with this price including an
eight-week training course on a tropical island."
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Yeah right.
My advice to afluent people would be this: get a brochure, maybe even
reserve a seat...but don't hand over a PENNY of your money until
they've actually flown someone to the hotel and returned him to the
Earth safely. I have a feeling it will be many years (2020) before a
space hotel is actually up and running. And it won't be a hotel per se,
more like camping on the Artic with no creature comforts to speak of. |
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| Sylvia Else... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:28 am |
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dumpster4 at (no spam) hotmail.com wrote:
[quote]"A company behind plans to open the first
hotel in space says it is on target to accept
its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics
questioning the investment and time frame
for the multi-billion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects of The
Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost
3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night
stay at the hotel, with this price including an
eight-week training course on a tropical island."
See:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hotel;_ylt=Aj.8cUKo5c130cgKiHZbldoZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2bW5mZWE5BHBvcwM1BHNlYwNNd19WaXRhbGl0eQRzbGsDc3BhY2Vob3RlbHNh
By 2012? Sounds rather fishy.
[/quote]
Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity
has worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible
part of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
Sylvia. |
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| Frogwatch... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:14 am |
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On Nov 3, 5:50 am, Dave U. Random <anonym... at (no spam) anonymitaet-im-inter.net>
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[quote]dumpst... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote in message news:29304102-4830-4ccf-a303-
a001d4620... at (no spam) c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
"A company behind plans to open the first
hotel in space says it is on target to accept
its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics
questioning the investment and time frame
for the multi-billion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects of The
Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost
3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night
stay at the hotel, with this price including an
eight-week training course on a tropical island."
Yeah right.
My advice to afluent people would be this: get a brochure, maybe even
reserve a seat...but don't hand over a PENNY of your money until
they've actually flown someone to the hotel and returned him to the
Earth safely. I have a feeling it will be many years (2020) before a
space hotel is actually up and running. And it won't be a hotel per se,
more like camping on the Artic with no creature comforts to speak of.
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As soon as the first "zero g porn" shows up on the net, they will be
booked solid. For $4.4 mill, they should have beautiful personal
"assistants" aboard the space hotel. Maybe they will have those on
the tropical island. |
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| Eric Chomko... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:11 am |
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On Nov 3, 3:28 am, Sylvia Else <syl... at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote:
[quote]dumpst... at (no spam) hotmail.com wrote:
"A company behind plans to open the first
hotel in space says it is on target to accept
its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics
questioning the investment and time frame
for the multi-billion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects of The
Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost
3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night
stay at the hotel, with this price including an
eight-week training course on a tropical island."
See:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hotel;_ylt=Aj.8cUKo5c130cgKiHZbldoZ.3QA....
By 2012? Sounds rather fishy.
Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity
has worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible
part of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
[/quote]
More likely sickness. And being sick is boring to say the least! |
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| Entity... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:38 am |
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On Nov 3, 2:28 am, Sylvia Else <syl... at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote:
[quote]dumpst... at (no spam) hotmail.com wrote:
"A company behind plans to open the first
hotel in space says it is on target to accept
its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics
questioning the investment and time frame
for the multi-billion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects of The
Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost
3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night
stay at the hotel, with this price including an
eight-week training course on a tropical island."
See:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_hotel;_ylt=Aj.8cUKo5c130cgKiHZbldoZ.3QA....
By 2012? Sounds rather fishy.
Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity
has worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible
part of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
Sylvia.
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A 4.4 million $ case of ennui... ho hum... there's the earth again...
that old thing? *yawn* Gawd this weightlessness is tedious! oh, I
broke a nail, damn! |
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| Rick Jones... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:06 am |
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Eric Chomko <pne.chomko at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote:
[quote]More likely sickness. And being sick is boring to say the least!
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And yet people keep piling into cruise ships to get the latest
rotovirus.
rick jones
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these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... 
feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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| Jeff Findley... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:39 pm |
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:006bbbbc$0$26922$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
[quote]Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity has
worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible part
of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
[/quote]
Speak for yourself. I've flown many times and every time I fly I spend
every minute of the flight with my eyes glued to the window. The exception
is when the cloud cover is so dense you just can't see *anything*. In LEO,
the earth goes by fast enough that excessive cloud cover shouldn't be a
problem for more than several minutes. ;-)
Jeff
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"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
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| Glen Overby... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:45 pm |
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Sylvia Else <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote:
[quote]If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity
has worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible
part of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
[/quote]
Everything I've read by shuttle astronauts, they never get bored of the view.
I get the same impression from ISS astronauts. I'm not sure that you really
do get to see every visible part of earth in that little time.
Maybe this trip isn't for you? But don't keep others from making the trip. |
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| Derek Lyons... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:58 pm |
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Glen Overby <coreSPAMsample at (no spam) charter.net> wrote:
[quote]Sylvia Else <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote:
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity
has worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible
part of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
Everything I've read by shuttle astronauts, they never get bored of the view.
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It probably helps that they don't actually get much time to enjoy the
view...
D.
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| Sylvia Else... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:59 pm |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
[quote]"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:006bbbbc$0$26922$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity has
worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible part
of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
Speak for yourself. I've flown many times and every time I fly I spend
every minute of the flight with my eyes glued to the window. The exception
is when the cloud cover is so dense you just can't see *anything*. In LEO,
the earth goes by fast enough that excessive cloud cover shouldn't be a
problem for more than several minutes. ;-)
Jeff
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There's a limit to how much you can see from that distance. It wouldn't
be like a real-life Google Earth.
Sylvia. |
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| Jonathan... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:04 am |
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"Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley at (no spam) ugs.nojunk.com> wrote in message
news:53600$4af078c5$927a2cda$28102 at (no spam) FUSE.NET...
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:006bbbbc$0$26922$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help feeling
that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity has worn off,
you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible part of Earth from
at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
Speak for yourself. I've flown many times and every time I fly I spend every
minute of the flight with my eyes glued to the window. The exception is when
the cloud cover is so dense you just can't see *anything*. In LEO, the earth
goes by fast enough that excessive cloud cover shouldn't be a problem for more
than several minutes. 
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I've spent countless hours under that stars with my old
Meade 10" scope. But nothing came close to the first
time I looked at the Large Magellenic Cloud at night
at 37,000 feet. Unlike on the ground, at altitude you
could see the colors as if it were a long exposure.
The cloud was bright red, which gave you some
depth perception. I could actually tell which stars
were inside or in front of the cloud. It was the most
spectacular view of the sky I've ever seen.
From orbit, the night sky must be as colorful as it is
awe inspiring
[quote]
Jeff
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"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon
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| Derek Lyons... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:47 am |
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"Jonathan" <Home at (no spam) Again.net> wrote:
[quote]From orbit, the night sky must be as colorful as it is
awe inspiring
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Wrong again!
D.
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| Yama... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:09 am |
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Glen Overby <coreSPAMsample at (no spam) charter.net> wrote:
: Everything I've read by shuttle astronauts, they never get bored of the view.
: I get the same impression from ISS astronauts. I'm not sure that you really
: do get to see every visible part of earth in that little time.
Norm Thagard has said that on Mir he actually got somewhat bored at the view - at
first he was excited as on Shuttle flights there was little time to admire the
Earth, but as months dragged by and his experiments didn't arrive, it soon
became "meh, I've seen that before..."
But he was there for almost 4 months straight, I think three days is quite
manageable... |
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| Jeff Findley... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:32 am |
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:004ef3ee$0$16794$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
[quote]Jeff Findley wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:006bbbbc$0$26922$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
Three days?
If Virgin galactic's weightless experience is too short, I can't help
feeling that three days is too long. Once the novelty of microgravity
has worn off, you've seen umpteen sunrises, and looked at every visible
part of Earth from at least 450km away, boredom's going to set in.
Speak for yourself. I've flown many times and every time I fly I spend
every minute of the flight with my eyes glued to the window. The
exception is when the cloud cover is so dense you just can't see
*anything*. In LEO, the earth goes by fast enough that excessive cloud
cover shouldn't be a problem for more than several minutes. ;-)
There's a limit to how much you can see from that distance. It wouldn't be
like a real-life Google Earth.
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With the naked eye, yes, but who said that tourists would be limited to the
naked eye? Have you seen some of the shots of the earth the ISS astronauts
have done with the hand held DSLR's that they've got up there? It's not as
high resolution as Google Earth (that takes huge telescopes), but you can
still get some pretty impressive shots with the lenses they're using. This
is exactly the sort of thing a space tourist could do and would easily
occupy days worth of time. A professional DSLR, big honking lens, and a
crap load of SDHC cards would be a fraction of the total cost for the trip.
Whenever I take a week long trip, I come back with maybe 1000 digital
pictures. On a "trip of a lifetime" like this, I'd expect that number would
be much higher, even if I'm limited to three days.
Jeff
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that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
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