Space travel too pricy?

[Turion]

A total of 62% of Americans and 83% of Europeans rated their own governments' expenditure on human spaceflight as "about right", demonstrating a broad level of support.

But it was a different story when they were asked about priorities.

Around 80% of those questioned said they would welcome a shift in spending from manned to unmanned missions

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090715...y-4b158bc.html

In my opinion, nothing beats having real men tramping about in boots on the ground. These silly unmanned drone type missions are often nothing but cheapo distractions - See what the UK space effort managed with this cut price piece of shlt.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...s-inquiry.html

[eliquant]

If you could buy a Space Craft, with shields, life support and hyperspace capability I would be on there with the missus faster than you could say "I'm selling my grandma to go on a Richard Branson Vigin space trip.".

[Turion]

If you could buy a Space Craft, with shields, life support and hyperspace capability I would be on there with the missus faster than you could say "I'm selling my grandma to go on a Richard Branson Vigin space trip.".

I think Branson is going to market some shatty 2 hour sub-orbital flight, after which your bank account will experience losing 100k permanently.

If I was paying 100k I'd expect a few days 5* in an orbiting space hotel with a day trip to the moon.

[Turion]

And there's no day trip to the moon either.

It's not a 5* hotel either. Just a bunk in that collection of tin cans called the International Space Station. 20$m is slightly overpriced, but suppose it makes it fairly exclusive.

[Pondlife]

It's not a 5* hotel either. Just a bunk in that collection of tin cans called the International Space Station. 20$m is slightly overpriced, but suppose it makes it fairly exclusive.

I'm guessing it's a bit like butlins but without the Chavs.