Re:When is it my turn? (Score 2, Interesting)

OK let's say NASA loads up the shuttle with a dozen people and has daily launches year-round. That's 4383 persons launched per year. Let's say that only 1 in 100 U.S. citizens both is physically capable and wants to go. The CIA gives the US population at 298,444,215. In order to launch 1 in 100 US citizens at that rate would take 681 years. 298444215 / 100 / 4383 = 680.9 Your turn may take a while..