If you had a billion dollars would you spend 25 million on a space flight that spent 2 weeks, and most of it at the international space station?
On the one hand, if you had a billion dollars, 25 million would not be a hell of a lot of money. I would love to do it. You only live once and your a long time dead.
On the other hand, it is the most selfish thing I could possibly think of doing. A space launch uses god knows how much energy, the 25 million would build a hospital, give a million starving people something to eat for a month, give a thousand homeless people a house. Help find a cure for cancer, or help red cross for a year.
Would I do it if I was worth a billion?
Probably. But I think I would have to donate a lot of money to a worthy cause to help my conscience.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041000340.html
"Charles Simonyi (Hungarian: Simonyi Károly; born September 10, 1948) is a computer software executive who, as head of Microsoft's application software group, oversaw the creation of Microsoft's flagship office applications. He now heads his own company, Intentional Software, with the aim of developing and marketing his concept of Intentional Programming. In 2007, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. His estimated net worth is $1 billion."
See ya's.
On the one hand, if you had a billion dollars, 25 million would not be a hell of a lot of money. I would love to do it. You only live once and your a long time dead.
On the other hand, it is the most selfish thing I could possibly think of doing. A space launch uses god knows how much energy, the 25 million would build a hospital, give a million starving people something to eat for a month, give a thousand homeless people a house. Help find a cure for cancer, or help red cross for a year.
Would I do it if I was worth a billion?
Probably. But I think I would have to donate a lot of money to a worthy cause to help my conscience.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041000340.html
"Charles Simonyi (Hungarian: Simonyi Károly; born September 10, 1948) is a computer software executive who, as head of Microsoft's application software group, oversaw the creation of Microsoft's flagship office applications. He now heads his own company, Intentional Software, with the aim of developing and marketing his concept of Intentional Programming. In 2007, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. His estimated net worth is $1 billion."
See ya's.
