NASA charge about $35k per day for life support and I think food is in the region of $2k per day.
How many people have a supercar that they never drive? There's your target audience.If New Shepard is in the $millions range then it's a none player. WAY too much for a 10 min flight as spam in a can.
Virgin is too expensive at $250K! So over a mil to go just a little bit higher? Nope.
For these to be a viable commercial business the price needs to be down in the $50-70K range. $25K would be even better.
An off the top of my head WAG, to justify $250K, a net worth of over $5Mil would probably be required.
How many people have that net worth AND want to go to "Space" for 5 min, AND have a significant other
that would let them go.
What is Virgins break even point? 25 passengers per month? 50?
I would think Virgins overhead is way less than BO, but again thats just a guess.
How many people have a supercar that they never drive? There's your target audience.
How many people have a supercar that they never drive? There's your target audience.
This guy has a Lamborghini dock:Heh. I have a client who has a Lamborghini garage separate from his regular garage.
Bezos rocket uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. 0 carbon emissions from it.From space.com:
Oregon congressman proposes new space tourism tax
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) plans to introduce legislation called the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act, which would impose new excise taxes on space tourism trips.
"Space exploration isn't a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some," Blumenauer said in a statement issued by his office.
"I'm not opposed to this type of space innovation," added Blumenauer, a senior member of the House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee. "However, things that are done purely for tourism or entertainment, and that don't have a scientific purpose, should in turn support the public good."
Bezos rocket uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. 0 carbon emissions from it.
I'd expect that there's a pretty significant carbon footprint in making the fuel, at least in liquefying it. It's possible that they use solar and wind power in West Texas, but there's a lot of oil and gas used down there too.
In the matter of Bezos and carbon emissions, this is happening:Bezos rocket uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. 0 carbon emissions from it.
I would have thought that the USPS would have converted their delivery trucks to electric long ago.
Probably save millions in gas every day.
Maybe they're already too strapped financially to do it.
Leno was talking once about driving his Stanley Steamer.Jay Leno owns one (of everything) ...
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