Morning Buzz for Friday 1/25/08 - Space Jam

Would you want to go on a space tour? In the next few years a handful of rich tourists may be taking joyrides in something that looks like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet, according to The Associated Press. On Wednesday, British billionaire Richard Branson and aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled Virgin Galactic’s “SpaceShipTwo” at the American Museum of National History in New York. Test flights are scheduled to begin as soon as this year. So far, close to 200 prospective passengers from 30 countries have made reservations. The cost: $200,000 per person.

Would you want to take a casual space flight? If so, where? And, do you think it’s worth the hefty price tag?

Let’s discuss this in the morning!

Posted by on 01/25 at 03:52 AM

“I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I’m a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone”


Problem is that you aint really gonna be alone..you will be seated somewhere between Yakamoto Hitachi and Akkmed Omar Jefferson..neither of which speak nor understand English..much less each other..

This flight lasts every bit of 2 1/2 hours..that equates back to roughly $80,000 dollars an hour..that you are spending to experience the uncomforts of sitting there with these two..on the edge of your seats with silly grins on their faces..

No in-flight movie..no meal..however they do offer several minutes of weightlessness..but more importantly..you get to wear your own personal spacesuit..yippee!

Naww think I’m gonna pass..


“And all this science I don’t understand
It’s just my job five days a week
A rocket man….. a rocket man”

Posted by  on  01/25  at  05:38 AM

I don’t ride roller coasters so no way in hell am I going on a spaceship. Might be a good trip for Obama and Hillary. Especially if they didn’t come back. But then again, there is that whole space pollution thingy to deal with.

Posted by  on  01/25  at  10:51 AM

I aint saying that I wouldnt someday go..but it would be after I checked the passenger list to see that Lyra wasnt going to be on-board..

I am very much afraid of her..

You take someone out of New York and place them in Tennessee to live and work amongst the hillbillies..and then unleash them on us..

Ninja Turtles dont even get that kinda training..

I’d hate to sit next to her for 2 1/2 hours with her jabbing you in the ribs the whole way..

“This is fun..I love it..you love it ? It’s fun aint it?“

Of course this is after we teach her how to say “aint”...so dont go booking your flights yet..this could take awhile..wink

Posted by  on  01/25  at  11:06 AM

I wonder if they’d serve “astronaut ice cream” as the meal?  That’s the freeze-dried ice cream we used to buy on class trips to the museum when I was a kid smile

Posted by  on  01/25  at  11:44 AM

You aint old enough to know about Space ice cream..and you still are a kid..

I used to love that stuff..I havent seen it in ages..dont even know if they still make it..

For those of you who missed yesterday’s Buzz..

This stuff packs a whopping 110 calories and contains 6 grams of total fat..smile

Posted by  on  01/25  at  11:58 AM

I remember eating space ice cream on a field trip the the Cincinnati Children’s Museum when I was in sixth grade.  I also remember all of my classmates being very excited about it only to be let down because of how disgusting it was. I don’t know what kind of space ice cream you all have been eating, but the space ice cream I ate was enough to make you want to throw up.

Posted by Ashlee Buckner  on  01/25  at  12:24 PM

Ashlee Dear..the era I am referring to was just after the Great Depression..well a good ways after it but we was just as poor..late 60’s..early 70’s..I remember because Aerosmith had just been formed..

After being raised on grits and fatback..even dirt has quite an enjoyable taste..

Posted by  on  01/25  at  12:30 PM

They’ve got some space ice cream at hobby lobby in Florence, I believe its on the same row as the model rockets.

Posted by  on  01/25  at  12:47 PM

Wow! They do…and they only want $2.99 for one..

Geez Louise..they’re killing me with this inflation thingie..

I hate to ask the wife for another loan this close to my birthday..

..but we are talkin’ real space food here..

I’m gonna go for it..wink

Posted by  on  01/25  at  01:05 PM

..loan application denied..

Guess I’ll have to hold out a bit longer..unless one of ya’ll wanna co-sign..

I like that new lil feature down there at the bottom of the page..it tells you to “Submit the word you see below”..They musta got that from Homeland Security..

This will be my 4th try here..I’m gonna submit the word and the number this time..I hope it works..wink

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