07-30-2011, 08:53 AM
I like the idea of spas being built on the moon. It gives me this amusing mental image of people having a sauna in a crater
But seriously I think the main businesses to venture beyond our own atmosphere will all be related to holidays for rich people, which over time will become cheaper and cheaper and tackier and tackier until in a couple of hundred years the moon will become like Benidorm is now haha. Rather like the evolution of air travel. Originally it was a rich man's pursuit, now every perma-tanned family can jump on a plane to some tacky Spanish resort for their annual hols.
But seriously I think the main businesses to venture beyond our own atmosphere will all be related to holidays for rich people, which over time will become cheaper and cheaper and tackier and tackier until in a couple of hundred years the moon will become like Benidorm is now haha. Rather like the evolution of air travel. Originally it was a rich man's pursuit, now every perma-tanned family can jump on a plane to some tacky Spanish resort for their annual hols.
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