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 Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: To space... would you? |
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In view of Paul's recent posts about space tourism...
Imagine this: tomorrow you win 200 milliion € with EuroMillions lottery. OK, you're rich now. Time to do something with your miserable life! 
Would you go on a space trip?
(I would, you know)
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No i think i wait till it's more a normal thing to do. And there are better ways to spend those dollars
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Eh duuudes... you'd end up still havin 180.000.000€ after having been into space. What the hell are you gonna spend it on?
Note; the only answer that I agree with will be "on you, Jochen". 
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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All that is still not worth 180 million €
Aw c'mon admit; you're scared of rockets!
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If there was less poverty in the world I would try a space trip. It would be sick to be that extravagent when so many lack clean water, sanitation, and even food in this world.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| Eurapart wrote: | If there was less poverty in the world I would try a space trip. It would be sick to be that extravagent when so many lack clean water, sanitation, and even food in this world.
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Yeah well... I got news for you, John. Ands it ain't good: there's not enough resources on our planet to give everyoned the same standard as in our western countries. There's just too damn many of us. 
Mind you; I don't mean to disrespect. What you say is very noble.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: |
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But Jochem you have to agree that we could do a lot better in helping some people.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Jochen wrote: | | Eurapart wrote: | If there was less poverty in the world I would try a space trip. It would be sick to be that extravagent when so many lack clean water, sanitation, and even food in this world.
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Yeah well... I got news for you, John. Ands it ain't good: there's not enough resources on our planet to give everyoned the same standard as in our western countries. There's just too damn many of us.
Mind you; I don't mean to disrespect. What you say is very noble. |
I back Jochen up oin this,we have to explore the world ourselves and continue on helping these people. They need skills to learn how to be self sufficient.
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I agree sidesplitter that we need to help the people getting more self sufficient but wasting 20 million on a space trip go's a bit to far for me.
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But if we dont spend any money on ourselves how will we know what the world is like!
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Jochen,
The point I was trying to make was that spending 20 million on a spce flight is effectively wasting it, when the money could be put to better use. When Europeans found America noone went on a two week vacation a few years later did they?
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| georgep wrote: | | But Jochem you have to agree that we could do a lot better in helping some people. |
True. An example: the amount of money spent on the war in Iraq already passes the total debt amount of Africa... It is saddening if you think of it.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| Eurapart wrote: | Jochen,
The point I was trying to make was that spending 20 million on a spce flight is effectively wasting it, when the money could be put to better use. When Europeans found America noone went on a two week vacation a few years later did they?
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Well.. if I pay 20 million to China for flying with them, then that 20 million is spent on technolgy, and jobs to produce that technology, isn't it? 
(you do have a point though)
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