For a mere 100 million yen (880,000 dollars), you can now buy a small satellite to orbit the earth at an altitude of about 600-800 kilometers (372-496 miles), said Astro Research Corp., a space development company.
"Until now, a satellite was something ordinary people could not afford to buy," company executive Ichiro Koike told a press conference Thursday.

Wow, ordianry people have $880,000 lying around? That's a development I was not aware of.

I'm not sure Mr. Koike understands the meaning of "ordinary."

LOL. I would ordinarily throw $880,000 dollars at something like this, but this month i can't because i just spent $920,000 on an underwater revolving door for my $1,900,000 yacht.

OK - If that is too expensive, then maybe sending the letters in to space using this free service might be better

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E58ADF01-3BE1-4794-B465-EEF660769040/

I keep pondering why we humans are now looking to pollute outer space. I suppose we have already polluted our planet enough that we need other places to send our junk?

I know of a way to send all your loved ones into space for free. When I get home tonight, I will "clip it" if I haven't or someone else hasn't already. I thought I might have gotten the info from here but one never knows anymore because I spend more time at CMs than the www. LOL

I signed my father, mother, and my family up for the next ride into space.

I'm at work... will check back with the info for a clip, after 6pm EDT. So stay tuned.

ok. sorry for being late with this. Had to locate it on my ext hard drive. Also found out that I failed to remember to export my bookmarks for backup before I revamped my puter last week. *sigh* Oh well....

Here's how you can send yourself along with your friends and loved ones to the "Asteroid Belt" for free.

NASA's Dawn Mission

Read other pages on the site for more info. This link provides the "sign up" page only.

Thanks bookchick. I see a clipmark entitled "Send yourself into space for free" in your future