[FPSPACE] If people spend $70,000 to climb Mount Everest...

[Jim Oberg]

I thougt that only little more than 1000 had summitted, in total -- but certainly, many more climb ON Everest every year without reaching the top (or even intending to). That's how astronaut Karl Henize died, as you recall. 

And hundreds of people -- exact figure uncertain -- have died there, including Karl -- another potential analog to space tourism.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: LARRY KLAES 
  To: fpspace 
  Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:39 AM
  Subject: [FPSPACE] If people spend $70,000 to climb Mount Everest...


  Why not spend a few more to fly into space - if you can afford it, of course.  And over one thousand people climb the tallest mountain on Earth every year now, when just over 50 years ago only 2 had done it.

  http://www.everestnews.com/

  Larry




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