Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.... John Crowther's Cartoon Odyssey

I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Fly the Friendly Ionosphere

I admit that for a long time I dreamt of taking a hop into space. Still, it astonishes me that there are people willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a few minutes of sub-orbital flight. If passenger rides on orbital flights ever become commonplace, I wonder if eventually the same thing will happen that's become the norm on the airlines now, where you have to pay extra for your meals. Imagine shelling out a few hundred grand for a trip into space and then having to buy a Subway sandwich. I got into an elevator once in Santa Monica, and the only other person
in it with me was Dennis Tito, who only days before had become the first multi-millionaire to buy his way into space. The only thing I could think of to say was, "how was it?" "Good," he answered. Then the elevator stopped, the door opened, and he got off. That was it. A couple million dollars, several days making ninety-minute circles hundreds of miles above the earth in a tin can, and all he had to say was "good." Ever since it's semed less alluring to me.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love this cartoon, John C. Had me chuckling for an hour. Me, I will stay here on the old terra firma. Don't like to fly in in shape or form, says she firmly. Love the commentary as well.

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