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!

“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”