Re: from 6 billion to 500 million: how?

From: John Marlow (johnmarlow@gmx.net)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 22:52:47 MST


Could be. Point was that it ain't gonna be cheap to get to Mars
before nano. Buy or punch your own, it's going to cost "lots and lots
and lots of money." I'll stand by that.

  :)

jm

On 5 Feb 2001, at 18:51, Adrian Tymes wrote:

> Difference between buying a ticket and making your own. Buying
> currently costs lots and lots and lots of money. Making, at least in
> theory, could take a lot less money, but some more time, to an order of
> magnitude where it is very useful to draw a distinction.
>
> John Marlow wrote:
> >
> > You are still, to my way of thinking, "buying a ticket"--i.e., paying
> > your way.
> >
> > jm
> >
> > On 5 Feb 2001, at 12:15, Michael Lorrey wrote:
> >
> > > Unless you build your own rocket.
> > >
> > > John Marlow wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You wanna play in space, you gotta buy a ticket.
> > > > You can't afford the ticket, you can't play.
> > > >
> > > > jm
> > > >
> > John Marlow
>

John Marlow



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