Aeronautics Industry Aeronautics Industry    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  CNN: Tourist gets free day in space          Aeronautics Industry Forum Index -> Aeronautics Industry View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message John Guest Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:16 pm    Post subject: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed. I wonder what the extra charges will be? http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/18/space.tourist.delay.reut/index.html Blue skies John Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor none Guest Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:39 pm    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space "John" wrote in: Quote: U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed. I wonder what the extra charges will be? http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/18/space.tourist.delay.reut/index.html Blue skies John Nothing of importance. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Jim Oberg Guest Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Tourist gets free day in space Suppose he said 'no' -- does he get a parachute? "John" <pelchat@charter.net> wrote in message news:1176916614.644281.22540@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... Quote: U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed. I wonder what the extra charges will be? http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/18/space.tourist.delay.reut/index.html Blue skies John Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Greg D. Moore (Strider) Guest Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:58 am    Post subject: Re: Tourist gets free day in space "Jim Oberg" <joberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:4626589f$0$19022$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... Quote: Suppose he said 'no' -- does he get a parachute? Only if he has his cash on hand. Russians won't take a check for "incidentals during the flight". :-) Quote: "John" <pelchat@charter.net> wrote in message news:1176916614.644281.22540@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed. I wonder what the extra charges will be? http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/18/space.tourist.delay.reut/index.html Blue skies John -- Greg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor John Doe Guest Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:23 am    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space John wrote: Quote: I wonder what the extra charges will be? Au contraire, he should ask for a refund/compensation since his return flight is a day late. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor OM Guest Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:41 pm    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space -On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:23:34 -0400, John Doe <jdoe@doe.org> wrote: Quote: John wrote: I wonder what the extra charges will be? Au contraire, he should ask for a refund/compensation since his return flight is a day late. "Sir, your return flight is overbooked. Would you consider a free round-trip ticket in exchange for waiting for the next flight?" OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor John Guest Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:52 pm    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space On Apr 19, 4:41 am, OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote: Quote: -On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:23:34 -0400, John Doe <j...@doe.org> wrote: John wrote: I wonder what the extra charges will be? Au contraire, he should ask for a refund/compensation since his return flight is a day late. :-) "Sir, your return flight is overbooked. Would you consider a free round-trip ticket in exchange for waiting for the next flight?" OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog -http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ Yes . . . the prize to OM!!!! I like that one. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Scott Hedrick Guest Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:13 am    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space "John Doe" <jdoe@doe.org> wrote in message news:6239a$4626b6bf$cef8887a$1957@TEKSAVVY.COM... Quote: John wrote: I wonder what the extra charges will be? Au contraire, he should ask for a refund/compensation since his return flight is a day late. THis reminds me of a promotion offered by Scotty's and Air Florida about 25 years ago. If you bought $100 worth of building supplies at Scotty's in any number of transactions, you got a buy one, get one free round trip ticket. I was young and naive then. I wasn't eligible because I worked at Scotty's. The area was primarily a retirement community. The number of old farts who would buy stuff at random, then get their ticket, then return stuff astounded me. One fellow thought the store was trying to cheat people because he couldn't buy a one-way ticket and get the return ticket free. He got mad and insulted me when I told him that, if he thought he was being cheated, then he shouldn't participate in the promotion. Now, if he'd bought $20M in building supplies... Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor mike flugennock Guest Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space John wrote: Quote: On Apr 19, 4:41 am, OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote: -On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:23:34 -0400, John Doe <j...@doe.org> wrote: John wrote: I wonder what the extra charges will be? Au contraire, he should ask for a refund/compensation since his return flight is a day late. :-) "Sir, your return flight is overbooked. Would you consider a free round-trip ticket in exchange for waiting for the next flight?" OM Hoo-rah! Definitely a situation where I wouldn't mind going "standby" for a day. About ten years ago, my wife and I just barely made it out of the country just ahead of some of the worst nor'easters and snowstorms to ever hit the US, to one of our then-regular trips to Jamaica. Just after landing in Montego Bay, we're hanging out waiting for our luggage and glancing at CNN and the Weather Channel on the airport TVs, and seeing how many flights are being delayed, and how rotten the weather's turned. For almost the entire two weeks we were there, conversation around beach/pool/jacuzzi/bar centered on How Bad A Blizzard You Barely Beat Out Of Town To Get To Negril Beach. Two days before we were to fly home, word came through that storms in the northern Midwest had stranded some of our flights in the continental US and would be delayed by at least a day. We were given the choice of going to the airport and waiting on the chance our particular flight home got through, or a couple of free days at the resort. Needless to say, the wife and I took the extra days lying around the beach lighting up. (some folks with flights coming from further south in the continental US took the chance on having to sleep at the airport. huh.) Long story short: What?? Another day or two aboard the ISS, with maybe an hour of blank miniDV and an empty memory card left and this view out there that changes every second to something even more beautiful...? Sure, I can hack that. I don't know what Sunita Williams is thinking right now, though. -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. _______________________________________________________________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Greg D. Moore (Strider) Guest Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:19 pm    Post subject: Re: CNN: Tourist gets free day in space "mike flugennock" <flvg3nn0zk@stinkers.org> wrote in message news:e928a$4628ba0a$4366619c$9485@msgid.meganewsservers.com... Quote: John wrote: For almost the entire two weeks we were there, conversation around beach/pool/jacuzzi/bar centered on How Bad A Blizzard You Barely Beat Out Of Town To Get To Negril Beach. Closest I cam to avoind something "bad" like that was while in college visiting the campus of another college for a training I was leading... and leaving about 3 hours before the entire campus was quarentined for the measles. Quote: _______________________________________________________________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org -- Greg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! 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