# How much would you pay for an 80 minute trip to "space"?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349 "2003-06-12T15:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![HughManatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HughManatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughManatee)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/1 "2003-06-12T15:42:15Z")

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Ok, so the X Prize awards 10 million bucks to the first person who flies 3 people to 100 km (suborbital) and repeats the journey with the same craft in 2 weeks.

How much would you pay for a ticket to essentially travel to anywhere in the world in 80 minutes and see the cold dark vacuum of space through a window port along with the Earth whizzing by below?

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/2 "2003-06-12T17:05:19Z")

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Depends on where it lands. Honestly, it wouldn’t be worth more than 3 or 4 times the going rate for a jet trip to the same place. Yes, I know I have no sense of romance or adventure. 🙂

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/3 "2003-06-12T18:05:50Z")

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I’d pay maybe 20k, if I had it.

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/4 "2003-06-12T19:52:36Z")

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I wouldn’t pay anything. They’d have to pay me.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/5 "2003-06-12T19:58:43Z")

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I’m with **bluethree**. I don’t even like roller coasters; no _way_ are you getting me into a spaceship!

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/6 "2003-06-12T20:22:09Z")

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Depends on how much money I had. Take whatever that amount is, and subtract enough for me to continue to survive. I’d love to go to space. Ah, I see. Suborbital? Maybe not so much. It’d still be cool, though.

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**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/7 "2003-06-12T21:23:28Z")

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I agree with **Marley23**

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-an-80-minute-trip-to-space/181349/8 "2003-06-12T21:36:30Z")

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I probably wouldn’t do it at all, given that my travel style allows for very few splurges and I try to select them carefully. I’m sure there would be far more interesting things I could do with the money after I reached my destination.