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Anonymous Fri 12 Feb 18:13:21 2021 No.12698025 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12698049 >>12698162

how long until space tourism becomes affordable for an average person? I would love to just bounce around in a zero/low gravity amusement park in orbit

whoever is able to set up amusements in orbit and the moon will end up making a shit ton of money

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Anonymous Fri 12 Feb 2021 18:20:03 No.12698046 Report

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>affordable for an average person

SpaceX says he wants to send people for 250,000 dollars, let's say it's double that so it would be 500,000 dollars.

That's cheaper than a NYC house.

You could send several people to Mars for less money than a single seat on the Shuttle. Mars will never be a destination for poor people, not in a elitist ticket price but not even rich doctors can afford to spend that many years away from their job.

Yes, normal people will be able to go to mars as many in /Biz could afford a ticket to Mars, and those are autistic fucks. Can they afford to stay for such a lengthy vacation? I don't think so, but monetary wise there's nothing stopping them.

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Anonymous Fri 12 Feb 2021 18:21:05 No.12698049 Report

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>>12698025
Not until space travel becomes much more safe and cheap. Planes used to be only for rich people because it was super dangerous and expensive to fly in one. Once planes got safer and cheaper to fly on, regular people started using them. Until that happens to space travel, it's only for rich people.

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Anonymous Fri 12 Feb 2021 19:02:23 No.12698162 Report

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>>12698025
Depends on what you mean by average. If you go on /o/, you'd find that "average" there can't afford a new $40K car. If you're talking about average middle class (~70K income, 200K networth) Americans, then it will take ~20+ years for the prices to come down to few tens of thousands. If you're talking about average upper middle class (150K+ income, 500K net worth), then that will likely come in 10 years.

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Anonymous Fri 12 Feb 2021 19:08:36 No.12698178 Report

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>>12698046
>send up a hundred thousand mercs and pmc
>kill everyone who tries to land
>blow up incoming shuttles
>???
>profit

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Anonymous Fri 12 Feb 2021 22:22:53 No.12698995 Report

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I'm sure actual physical bodies are a ways off and pricey, but what about just orbit? It's not only closer than any celestial body, but it gives options for people who want to float and play around in zero G

imagine a space station dedicated to zero G amusements and what not, including areas where you can just bounce around and float. Not to mention space sports

it's a gold mine that someone's going to tap the vein of very soon

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