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Post by rubl on Feb 28, 2017 13:24:51 GMT 7
This article could also go to 'international travel' I guess, or 'travel specials'. No details on the 'select' two, neither on ticket price  "SPACEX TO SEND PRIVATELY CREWED DRAGON SPACECRAFT BEYOND THE MOON NEXT YEAR We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year. They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission. Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration. We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initial training later this year. Other flight teams have also expressed strong interest and we expect more to follow. Additional information will be released about the flight teams, contingent upon their approval and confirmation of the health and fitness test results." www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year |
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Post by siampolee on Feb 28, 2017 13:40:29 GMT 7
No indication of price I note, shame. I would, once price known consider it as a Mothers day gift, a ticket for the wife's mother!!!   |
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Post by Mosha on Mar 1, 2017 6:56:00 GMT 7
No indication of price I note, shame. I would, once price known consider it as a Mothers day gift, a ticket for the wife's mother!!! Just seen on CH 561 "Exploration outer space" 150 million $ each. |
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Post by siampolee on Mar 1, 2017 8:33:10 GMT 7
Ah well in that case she can stay in Surin. Mind you a thought has just crossed my mind ''Frinton on Sea'' might be an alternative!!!  |
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Post by buhi on Mar 1, 2017 10:07:50 GMT 7
Ah well in that case she can stay in Surin. Mind you a thought has just crossed my mind ''Frinton on Sea'' might be an alternative!!! Magnificent, oh my. I know Frinton, ex wife's parents were based in Clacton. No pub, the only place to enjoy a beer the Indian restaurant. Actually a very good restaurant then, i am going back thirty years. What a place? Hell. |
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Post by bowie on Mar 1, 2017 10:21:21 GMT 7
Clacton/Frinton, oh the memories. The living dead.I would walk and note who was next to die.
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Post by smokie36 on Mar 1, 2017 10:24:46 GMT 7
Ahh the hatch match and despatch. My granny still reads the despatches with grim satisfaction.....most of her peers have already been defeated  . |
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Post by bowie on Mar 1, 2017 10:34:29 GMT 7
Ah well in that case she can stay in Surin. Mind you a thought has just crossed my mind ''Frinton on Sea'' might be an alternative!!! Magnificent, oh my. I know Frinton, ex wife's parents were based in Clacton. No pub, the only place to enjoy a beer the Indian restaurant. Actually a very good restaurant then, i am going back thirty years. What a place? Hell. Hell was not the correct word, purgatory. |
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Post by chiangmai on Mar 1, 2017 11:48:47 GMT 7
A great place FoS, or at least it used to be, Gran lived in Kirby Cross back in the '60's and the nearby pub and bakery were typical old England - everybody always felt safe in FoS, contrast that with today!
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Post by buhi on Mar 1, 2017 12:38:19 GMT 7
A great place FoS, or at least it used to be, Gran lived in Kirby Cross back in the '60's and the nearby pub and bakery were typical old England - everybody always felt safe in FoS, contrast that with today! I don't know, enlighten me. Have not been there in the last thirty years. Is it a bastion of aged IS warriors now, i am intrigued. |
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Post by chiangmai on Mar 2, 2017 20:01:00 GMT 7
A great place FoS, or at least it used to be, Gran lived in Kirby Cross back in the '60's and the nearby pub and bakery were typical old England - everybody always felt safe in FoS, contrast that with today! I don't know, enlighten me. Have not been there in the last thirty years. Is it a bastion of aged IS warriors now, i am intrigued. My fifty year absence beats your thirty, you would perhaps know better than I. But it was a great place back in its day, however recent reports from natives suggest Clacton beats Blackpool by a fair distance. |
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Post by buhi on Mar 2, 2017 20:05:57 GMT 7
It was never a great place, neither was Clacton, Six Mile Bottom maybe,
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Post by Mosha on Mar 14, 2017 11:24:09 GMT 7
I didn't realise the idea is not to have a pilot. As Jim Lovell said if it's like Apollo VIII, they'll have a dream flights. If it's like Apollo XIII, it'll be a nightmare.
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Post by rubl on Mar 14, 2017 12:15:34 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 14:07:15 GMT 7
Maybe it's just me but I get bored shitless just travelling to Thailand let alone the moon and back.
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