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Topic: G-8 summit - a (not serious) ISS alternative ?
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spaceflori
Member Posts: 1499
From: Germany
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-07-2007 12:16 AM
   
Reading in the newspaper about the costs of the current G-8 summit here in Germany which already total up to 120 million Euro (about 162 million US-$)for security I thought about the following idea for the next time :Why don't we send these guys into space next time - considering an ISS flight is about 30 million $, but for 8 we can possibly work out a volume discount.  They can fool around up there in orbit (does anyone really care anyway about the nonresults they are achieving ?) and for some we don't even need to pay for return, so these kids can fight against each other as long as they want. Seriously...thousands of police men and women have better things to do here in Germany than to protect these folks. My 2cents Florian |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-07-2007 03:31 AM
ROFL - good idea. Maybe a one-way trip?These meetings are all about posturing, so you can't expect this bunch to do anything constructive for climate change or global poverty. One of the attendees has caused '000's of tonnes of carbon in the last month through his jet-setting, taxpayer-funded "farewell tour". Paul |
generallou
Member Posts: 114
From: T H, Indiana
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 06-07-2007 09:38 AM
possesion is 9 tenths of the law you have you own him... KEEP HIM...... |
ApolloAlex
Member Posts: 390
From: Yeovil, England
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 06-07-2007 10:04 AM
.....just as long as their is no mention of a "Comeback Tour",i can never understand why they need to be protected and your lucky you have thousands of police Florian,your lucky if you see one in the town where i live !All the best,
Alex. ------------------
"Why dont you fix your little problem and light this Candle?" |
clifford
Member Posts: 233
From: Maplewood, nj, 07040
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-07-2007 08:49 PM
Love the idea florian, but ISS is not far enough. Lets send them to Mars, that would keep them busy for at least 6 months each way.Clifford. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 06-08-2007 04:10 AM
But how do you transport George Bushes 700 accompanying staff out there? Without their aides, these people won't get beyond "hello" and "how are you?" ..... ;-) ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-08-2007 11:47 AM
We need to find a launch vehicle large enough.
And add Paris Hilton to the crew- no, cargo- manifest.Chris. |
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