If I were going into space, this would not be my activity of choice:
In an interview in the latest edition of the London-based publication Square Mile Magazine, Kreil has announced that he will be attempting to become the first person in history to make a financial markets transaction in Space, when he hops aboard the XCOR Lynx MKII shuttle with SXC in 2014….
The flight itself will take off from either Mohave in California or the Caribbean island of Curacao. It will take Anton four minutes to get to Space and he will be travelling at three times the speed of sound up to 103km (330,000 feet). 100km is the internationally-accepted border to Space and is known as The Karman Line. As long as Kreil executes the trade at 100km above sea level, the sponsor will hold the record. Kreil will then fly back to Earth and the entire trip will be around one hour.SXC CEO Michiel Mol said: “When Anton came to us with the idea, we embraced it immediately. It’s clearly going to be a lot of fun and sends out a positive message. One thing we know for sure. The company sponsor’s stock will receive instant worldwide attention.”
A lot of fun? Hell yes. Positive message? Not a chance. If some stupid rich guy doesn’t mind lighting a few hundred million on fire in order to go to space to do something he would otherwise do on his phone over lunch, that’s fine, he can go right ahead. But don’t expect the rest of us to be impressed by it. We have better things to do with our money. Like paying rent, for example.
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