From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 12:52:53 MDT
"natashavita@earthlink.net" wrote:
>
> From: Harvey
> >I thought Extropians liked space exploration.
> > It seems that most future oriented people are space enthusiasts, yes.
>
> >Would really give up our dreams for space to play a video-game about space?
>
> Speaking as a space enthusiast, absolutely not.
But in the mean time, everybody here can do so with the simulator
X-Plane. My Ballistijet design runs in X-Plane and allows pilots to
launch themselves into suborbital trajectories at mach 24 and up to 200
mile altitudes and skip off the atmosphere repeatedly to travel around
the world.
http://www.x-plane.org
>
> >I don't see how a good
> simulation would make me want to stay on earth.
Me neither. It satisfies my current cravings though, while feeding my
long term need for the real thing.
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