What I Need To Know About Being A Part Of Civilian Space Flight History?
With space tourism now here, are you thinking about going on a space flight because you can....sooner or later? Are you adventurous, daring and do you have what it takes; the time, medically fit, the money, the spirit and inclination to be amongst the earliest pioneers and adventurers willing to make the choice to be a civilian space flight participant?
Ok, you like to think about space, you love sci-fi flicks and part of your thoughts about possibly signing up are, should I wait so I can make sure its safe, make sure I get some feedback from some people who did it and perhaps the price will even come down? Or, do you want to be able to tell all your friends, your family, co-workers and peers that you are going on a rocketship into space? Yes, can you imagine your waiting for your chance to be one of the earliest space pioneers to do it, experience it, feel weightless and G-forces and want to become a real part of the history of civilian space flight?
If you have decided that at some future time you do want to venture into space, as soon as you see that others have gone successfully before you, register as when its 'cool' and that's great.
However, the real chance is now, the opportunity for YOU to be be amongst the earliest space adventurers to take the initiative and get their seat number, so all your desires and thoughts each day about going can be expressed to everyone you meet.
It's to YOU I am writing- the spirit of adventure to go where so few have gone before taking you to 'the edge of space' and to be a real part of space flight history.
What if you went and the vehicle exploded, crashed or got hit by space debris? We all know there's a chance it can happen? Do you remember Christa McAuliffe? She was the first. Please, I am not suggesting that to be forever remembered you need to be in the next ill-fated catastrophic event, but almost everyone would certainly have that thought at some point, once they got serious about signing up. Actually it's less than 2%, based on NASA's history so your odds are way in your favor. Of course we all have some fears but that's a part of what makes this experience so exciting and adventurous.
But to see the curve of the Earth, to experience a pinnacle life event and have feelings that only being there can describe, as the astronauts felt before us... that's what creates within some of us all that's needed to proceed forward, and go for it... to find YOUR name, like Per Wimmer, who will be first to fly on the XCOR Lynx and also amongst the earliest pioneers to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
CIVILIAN SPACE PIONEERS HALL OF FAME*
* It is NOTED here that the Civilian Space Pioneers Hall Of Fame list project is under consideration and possible development with The National Space Society. If you are an early registered participant make sure that you inform the proper Space Tourism Society soon after your flight experience so you will receive proper recognition. The above list may or may not actually take place, however it seems plausible it will.
Just to be on one of those earliest space flights-- that will soon be possible probably in early 2012. It will put you in a very special designation in the annals of civilian space pioneer history.
Now that you're possibly very close in making that big decision to go for it....what next? Risk, money? Is it Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo or XCOR's Lynx or maybe Space Adventures new vehicle from Armadillo Aerospace. Or is there any other possibility you want to consider traveling into space with? Who should you trust? Who will be first? Which experience do you want most? Whom do you believe? Why not try them all? Per Wimmer has registered both on SpaceShipTwo as well as on Lynx.
Only time can reveal the reality that will answer these questions. It's now up to you to discover what you want, and with whom you are willing to make your selection. Whatever your choice, I hope to see your name on the list of the earliest space travelers who made their choice to experience the thrill of becoming a participant on one of the first civilian space flights in space history.
Ok, you like to think about space, you love sci-fi flicks and part of your thoughts about possibly signing up are, should I wait so I can make sure its safe, make sure I get some feedback from some people who did it and perhaps the price will even come down? Or, do you want to be able to tell all your friends, your family, co-workers and peers that you are going on a rocketship into space? Yes, can you imagine your waiting for your chance to be one of the earliest space pioneers to do it, experience it, feel weightless and G-forces and want to become a real part of the history of civilian space flight?
If you have decided that at some future time you do want to venture into space, as soon as you see that others have gone successfully before you, register as when its 'cool' and that's great.
However, the real chance is now, the opportunity for YOU to be be amongst the earliest space adventurers to take the initiative and get their seat number, so all your desires and thoughts each day about going can be expressed to everyone you meet.
It's to YOU I am writing- the spirit of adventure to go where so few have gone before taking you to 'the edge of space' and to be a real part of space flight history.
What if you went and the vehicle exploded, crashed or got hit by space debris? We all know there's a chance it can happen? Do you remember Christa McAuliffe? She was the first. Please, I am not suggesting that to be forever remembered you need to be in the next ill-fated catastrophic event, but almost everyone would certainly have that thought at some point, once they got serious about signing up. Actually it's less than 2%, based on NASA's history so your odds are way in your favor. Of course we all have some fears but that's a part of what makes this experience so exciting and adventurous.
But to see the curve of the Earth, to experience a pinnacle life event and have feelings that only being there can describe, as the astronauts felt before us... that's what creates within some of us all that's needed to proceed forward, and go for it... to find YOUR name, like Per Wimmer, who will be first to fly on the XCOR Lynx and also amongst the earliest pioneers to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
CIVILIAN SPACE PIONEERS HALL OF FAME*
* It is NOTED here that the Civilian Space Pioneers Hall Of Fame list project is under consideration and possible development with The National Space Society. If you are an early registered participant make sure that you inform the proper Space Tourism Society soon after your flight experience so you will receive proper recognition. The above list may or may not actually take place, however it seems plausible it will.
Just to be on one of those earliest space flights-- that will soon be possible probably in early 2012. It will put you in a very special designation in the annals of civilian space pioneer history.
Now that you're possibly very close in making that big decision to go for it....what next? Risk, money? Is it Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo or XCOR's Lynx or maybe Space Adventures new vehicle from Armadillo Aerospace. Or is there any other possibility you want to consider traveling into space with? Who should you trust? Who will be first? Which experience do you want most? Whom do you believe? Why not try them all? Per Wimmer has registered both on SpaceShipTwo as well as on Lynx.
Only time can reveal the reality that will answer these questions. It's now up to you to discover what you want, and with whom you are willing to make your selection. Whatever your choice, I hope to see your name on the list of the earliest space travelers who made their choice to experience the thrill of becoming a participant on one of the first civilian space flights in space history.
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