An easy one...

[gnomi]

Today's stupid-tv-screen-thingy-in-the-office-elevator's poll is:

If you could afford it, would you go on a tourist spaceflight?


My answer: Heck, yes!

Comments

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

Did you see the banana thing?

[seborn.livejournal.com]

A lot of the reason I'm taking scuba lessons is to get over my hangups about not having an atmosphere's worth of breathable air. Save me a seat.

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

I believe the phrase is "Damn skippy." :)

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

like, out of the earth's atmosphere and into deep space? hell yes!

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

There are people out there who *wouldn't*?

*boggles*

[cellio]

Damn straight I would! (Well, assuming my doctor clears me. There's one potential health issue.)

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

This is supposed to be a real question???

[neilfein.livejournal.com]

In a second.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

No, I think I missed the banana thing. Do tell...

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it seems to be real. They've got it up as their daily poll and one can go to their website (www.captivate.com) and vote in said poll. Which I didn't, actually.

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3717650.stm

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Well, you know I applied (unsuccessfully) to the Educator Astronaut program, so you already know my answer.

[tiptoe39.livejournal.com]

Me too! Me too!!!!!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

You mean there are people who said "no"?

[running-girl4.livejournal.com]

I'd go even if I couldn't afford it!

[zmook.livejournal.com]

Did you watch _Black Sky_ last weekend on the Discovery Channel? Spaceship One is *not* a safe vehicle. (If you didn't, it's being re-shown tomorrow. Watch it.)

I certainly want to go, but I'd need to think seriously about whether it was worth a 1-10% chance of getting killed. Actually, nobody knows what the chance of getting killed is. The rocket has reached space three times, so it's probably less than 33%, but it's also had a lot of "issues".

Remember, this is for ~15 minutes in space.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I'm not talking about SpaceShip One specifically, but about going into space as a tourist in general...

Unfortunatly, tomorrow night is a Jewish holiday. :(

[zmook.livejournal.com]

Well, if you're asking about some unspecified future cheap-and-safe option, the question kind of becomes a version of "who wants to go to Hawaii? free tickets!" Maybe it's a revision of the question Nomi posted, but the interesting version is "would you go on today's technology? if not, where do we have to get to?"

[pressburger.livejournal.com]

Only if I can bring a friend, I haven't had sex in space yet.