10-03-2005, 10:23 PM
Ghostiger,Oct 3 2005, 09:55 PM Wrote:Think harder.
Hes buying his trip from a goverment. Perhaps a crooked one but definetly one that could use the cash.
Sure part of the money is used to pay for what he does, but its actually a profitable venture for the russians and it helps keep their space program afloat.
A second thing to consider is that in general when rich guys spend their money on servive intensive luxeries they are helping poor people by essentially giving their money away.
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You make a valid point, but I somehow doubt that the $20 Million given to the Russian space agency is going to make its way to the needy Russian citizens. Governmental hierarchies, specially the ones as mired in red-tape as the Russians, have a way of gobbling up money without doing any discernable good.
Signature? What do you mean?