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I’m 31 and I’d wager I’ll be able to go to orbit for $10k or less (in 2021 dollars) in my lifetime. I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens in the next 20 years.
by dwaltrip 5y ago
I’m 31 and I’d wager I’ll be able to go to orbit for $10k or less (in 2021 dollars) in my lifetime. I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens in the next 20 years. I would leap to do so :) Hell I would probably be willing to pay a bit more.
It’s not that cheap but many people go on vacations for a similar price every few years.
Of course, that is a step up from these sub-orbital flights. They are related though. Progress in sub-orbital tourism will help pave the way for orbital tourism and beyond.
Many signs are pointing to the space ecosystem and related technologies growing and developing in an incredible way in the coming decades, after multiple decades of relative stagnation.
- krapp 5y agoBear in mind that the world is entering a state of environmental collapse, and that automation, AI and globalism are going to render many millions of people without work in the near future. The disparity between rich and poor is only going to widen, and the middle is going to disappear. By the time this materializes, only the rich will be able to afford it, because only the rich will have $10k free to spend on anything. Everyone else will be gigging in the wasteland for autonomous corporations, up to their knees in radioactive iodine, for subsistence wages in femtobitcoins.
- dwaltrip 5y agoI agree we have monumental challenges ahead of us, and that we will have to work hard together to overcome them. I’m hopeful the outcome won’t be as dire as you describe.