$200K on flights to space

[itsrobert]

Richard Branson is going to charge $200K for people to fly into space and hopefully return to Earth.

Branson already has $50,000,000 in deposits for these trips.

So if you had an extra $200K laying around, what would do with the money?

[Ozymanithrax]

1. I would spend it...

But going $200,000.00 in debt to do it is just stupid.

[valerief]

2. Maybe he'll host a billionaire party flight and it will crash. The world might be able

to start over then.

[shireen]

3. as much as i'd love to go into space,

i'd rather give it to help people out of poverty.

[HopeHoops]

4. That's all? I thought it would be more.

I have no interest in going to space regardless of the cost, but it is still a cool ship - AND it is "The Enterprise".

[Statistical]

5. If I had $200K or if I had $20 billion?

Nobody w/ only $200K "lying around" is going to spend $200K on space flight.

However if I had billions upon billions I would gladly spend $200K to go into space.


$200K to someone making $100 mil per year is equivalent to $100 for someone making $50K.

If you could pay $100 to go into space would you?

[gratuitous]

6. Which is why we must keep the tax rate low for the wealthy

How else is Richard Branson going to turn a profit on his space roller coaster? It's like all you socialists want to stifle the small businessman!