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It will be the ultimate Wealthy Boy ride/experience. It's too bad the average scientist, especially astronomers, astrophysicists won't be able to afford to rid
by icantdrive55 8y ago
It will be the ultimate Wealthy Boy ride/experience.
It's too bad the average scientist, especially astronomers, astrophysicists won't be able to afford to ride the ride?
(I'm not suspose to bring up the wealth divide in America, but it's been just so---what's the word--obvious. I'm at the point where I'm thinking about the future. A future where companies will just cater to the small percentage of the population with the biggest wad? Yea--I'm envious. )
- rory096 8y agoAt first this will be true, as with many new products. But as hardware and development costs are amortized over time and competitors enter the market, we can expect prices to drop to marginal cost. That could easily be in reach of ordinary people, somewhere in the 5 digits. (I don't believe the $10 million estimate quoted elsewhere below for a second — and the 'analyst' who made it offhand in a quote to a news organization doesn't seem to have backed it up anywhere.) By the way, your account has been dead for a very long time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14766847 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14766847