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02/06/2021 Planetary Paradise
The stars have been discovered, a planet has been discovered, the price of a ticket? $100,000. You'll live in a rocket ship for 50 years, with 1,000 other people, the rocket costs $930,000,000 to build, says the flyer, outfit with all the mod cons, if you are in your 20s or 30s, family of 4? cheaper than a house, and your kids will be the first people on the new planet, guarenteed a major spot in the heirachy of the new city, owners of all the land for miles around, your grandchildren will be the planets first land barons, the planet can house over a billion, better than staying on earth
Why? Because Earth costs so much now, 100sqm house is more than a million, IF you live on the outskirts of the rough neighbourhoods, low internet speeds, little to no police, with income averages of 100k, interest rates averaging 7%, you need four to five incomes to even apply for a loan, yes, thats right, mum, dad, and two grandpas, still working into their late 70s.
Life is just not worth living, if you're not born into the middle row. Children in the skids barely make it past 12, medicine is all owned by corporations, who made deals with insurance companies years ago, if you don't have both a personal, and work insurance, you'll be refused entry, and the price for a nights treatment, is 2-4 years salary for a grinder or shift worker. may as well lump it, or jump.
Population controls help, licences to have kids, IQ tests, job security tests, the middle class don't have much of an option..
except space.. only 100k tickets? 4 tickets, for half the price of a home? no credit given for this though, can't ensure your loan will come back if your creditor is in space for 50 years.. no, cash only.
cept, the workers on the ships.. they're always shift workers.. new crew for each part of the ship, and no proper health and safety, too expensive, says the company man, couldn't build a ship at this price with certified workers.. and for what? installing the chairs? no, the certified workers are for the engines, the control systems, the air systems, this needs 100% certified safety seals..
except.. theres no proof that they use certified workers for that.. cutting costs, etc..
Spend a billion on a ship? almost a billion, for what? a 700k profit? oh, there are govt donations and tax incentives and all that jazz, surely they make another half a billion in endorsements, but.. those companies are racking in the money..
Messages are sent from the ships, up to a year out.. longer than that, due to the way space bends.. takes much long.. even the year messages are dated 4 months from send date.. there were messages 2 years out, back in the first few ships, but the date was 6 months.. then the 3 years messages, were 8 months..
All happy they report, like a holiday in a way.. but, everyone learns, they're all doing courses on soil cultivation, repairs, maintenance, building a new civilisations.. like going back to school they say.. all fun,
Its been 8 years since the first mission.. they sometimes get an message back.. but again.. time distortion from distance, it was sent 1 year after the mission.. people kinda forget about it..
the 2nd mission, didn't get any messages for 4 years, then they got the 3 month message.. scientists say, if thats the case, the 6 month message could take 12 more years..
Still.. the company building them is making a decent packet somehow.. one ship a month.. don't know how they do it.
They recently started a 'cheaper' craft.. takes twice as many people, half the price.. they're getting used parts they say.. seats are 2nd hand.. what from I wonder..
Anyway, I'm sitting here in my seat, been asked to record my 1 week message. My seat has definitely been used before.. but.. $50k tickets,, can't really complain.. better than some of my furniture at my grandparents place. We were asked not to shave for messages, show how life is luxurious, show off how laid back it is, they say.. I look like I've been here a month already LOL..
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