Richard Branson - Today's Letter In The Financial Times

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 19 Jan 2010, 08:05

Joel P wrote:At the same time you can see him on www.virgingalactic.com saying, "It's up to us at Virgin Galactic to over time drive the costs down so literally thousands of people will be able to experience space travel. Everybody should be able to have the chance to experience space travel one day."

That should give the Haitians something to look forward to.

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 19 Jan 2010, 08:10

Branson's Virgin Galactic - "Does exactly what it says on the bottle"

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 19 Jan 2010, 09:51

foodimista wrote:
Joel P wrote:At the same time you can see him on www.virgingalactic.com saying, "It's up to us at Virgin Galactic to over time drive the costs down so literally thousands of people will be able to experience space travel. Everybody should be able to have the chance to experience space travel one day."
That should give the Haitians something to look forward to.

7 billion people?

Actually, I do know of people who really believe that 'we have to get off this planet and to another one' to survive. And they believe it is possible to do so.

And people think I'm the nutter simply by wanting to cycle to and from work!

RogueMale · Post by **RogueMale** » 19 Jan 2010, 11:24

emordnilap wrote:
foodimista wrote:
Joel P wrote:At the same time you can see him on www.virgingalactic.com saying, "It's up to us at Virgin Galactic to over time drive the costs down so literally thousands of people will be able to experience space travel. Everybody should be able to have the chance to experience space travel one day."
That should give the Haitians something to look forward to.
7 billion people?

Actually, I do know of people who really believe that 'we have to get off this planet and to another one' to survive. And they believe it is possible to do so.

And people think I'm the nutter simply by wanting to cycle to and from work!

If everyone in the world entered their names into a lottery with a one in a billion chance of winning, that would give everyone the chance to experience space travel, even though only six or seven people actually would. The odds could even be made homeopathically slim, in which case it's extremely unlikely anyone would go up but everyone would still have the chance. He wanted to run the lottery, remember?

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 19 Jan 2010, 11:57

Good point.