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   Message 27,166 of 28,343   
   J. Clarke to All   
   Re: Review: The Martian   
   12 Jun 16 22:46:18   
   
   From: j.clarke.873638@gmail.com   
      
   In article , dtravel@sonic.net says...   
   >   
   > On 6/12/2016 7:20 PM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > > In article <1moqwhc.1xgx709sknz4gN%nmassello@yahoo.com>,   
   > > nmassello@yahoo.com says...   
   > >>   
   > >> J. Clarke  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> Chartering a Vomit Comet for a private event costs about 0.15 percent of   
   > >>> the budget of "The Martian".   
   > >>   
   > >> You mean chartering it for long enough to construct a set in it and film   
   > >> in 30 second chunks?   
   > >   
   > > When you rent an airplane you pay for the flight time, not the sitting   
   > > on the ramp time.  Flying is what costs.   
   > >   
   > Including the time it could be flying, earning money, instead of sitting   
   > in the hanger with a construction crew mucking up the interior?   
      
   Yep.  How much time will that be anyway?  One suspects that it would   
   mostly be prefabbed.  And how many flights a week does the vomit comet   
   normally make anyway?   
      
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