SPACE.com — American Software Developer to Visit Space Station Oh, brother. I can think of a lot of better things to do with $20 million.
Former Microsoft software developer Charles Simonyi is set to become a space tourist for a visit to the International Space Station (ISS), the orbital tourism firm Space Adventures said Monday.
Simonyi, a 58-year-old American and co-founder of Intentional Software Corp., will ride a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS for a one-week science mission aboard orbital laboratory, Space Adventures said, adding that a contract for the spaceflight is in hand.
Take a Fisher Space Pen when you go to space. That’s all I can say.
“I can think of a lot of better things to do with $20 million.”
Since he used to work for M$, perhaps he could donate it back to Bill to hire a few more programmers who can figure out to get their software working right and out on time.
ahhh… yer just jealous.
Over both the trip AND having the money to do it…
“I can think of a lot of better things to do with $20 million.”
You *don’t have* $20m. That’s the rub.
Rich people have made fortunes by having the masses consume and spend almost every last dime they have but have not done so themselves. They ACCUMULATE. We SPEND. That is not fair. Life (economy) is kept alive by the motion of currency. We need high ticket prices so that the rich will release the energy they have accumalated. We need more imagination in the high-ticket market place.
Maybe Simonyi will call it the fpISS (It is a floating Point, isn’t it?)
– Precision Blogger
At least he gets to ride a nice, safe Soyuz.
I find it incredible to think that safe/simple spaceflight was perfected in the mid-20th century and that we have done little to improve on it.
I find it incredible to think that safe/simple spaceflight was perfected in the mid-20th century and that we have done little to improve on it.
Comment by JSFORBES
And even worse, everything being bragged about right now is 1950’s technology!!!
I saw a “glowing” report (somewhere) about NASA’s “new” Ion-Drive.
Developed in the 50’s.
Beanstalk/Space Elevator (THANX John!!) A. Clarke in the 50’s.
The current Shuttle?.. 40′ to 50’s, AGAIN.
And so forth.