Anyone who thinks that private spaceships are a pipedream should check out this private submarine, which is for sale for a cool eighty million bucks. This is the next big thing in yachts. I think that we'll have the space equivalent within twenty years.

That depends on if the company stays solvent.

I don't see any pictures of actual subs they have built, and they are selling off their prototype, which doesn't sound good.

If they were staying in business, you would think the prototype would be kept as a demo for entertaining future potential customers.

> I don't see any pictures of actual subs they have built, and they
> are selling off their prototype, which doesn't sound good.

Luxury yachts are almost always built to order. Shipyards don't build prototypes just for their employees.

$80 million is probably a bit up-market, though. If I recall, Paul Allen paid something like $20 million for his submarine.

U.S. Submarines consists of one person- L. Bruce Jones, who has been peddling these great artist's conceptions for over a decade now hoping some billionaire will finally give him money to actually build one. Maybe this will happen someday- but there's going to be a big engineering, assembly & test learning curve on the first one!
In the meantime, he's 'designed' a huge luxury underwater hotel under the name Posiden, and once again is shopping for investors to get enough money to actually build it.
His company address is not a huge manufacturing facility- it is a condominium. Where he lives.

I don't know the guy personally so I'm not saying it's a scam- just pointing out there's more (or less) than meets the eye here. I'm all for entreprenarial dreamers- just hope he'll give me a job if he ever gets an order.

So it exists... on paper? Lots of things exist on paper.

And building a submarine is a lot different than buidling a spacecraft.

"U.S. Submarines consists of one person- L. Bruce Jones, who has been peddling these great artist's conceptions for over a decade now hoping some billionaire will finally give him money to actually build one. Maybe this will happen someday- but there's going to be a big engineering, assembly & test learning curve on the first one!"

This sounds like so much space activism that it's beyond parody... How many space activists claim that there will be personal spaceships flying around any day now as long as some billionaire gives them some cash?

Luxury subs uh? I bet drug barons and, uh, Saudi "businessmen" would be veeery interested in those.

I went to college with Bruce Jones. This guy is the real deal. He is a brilliant "dreamer". I prefer visionary. He is not a con. Don't you think that before somebody plops down millions for a submersible they will investigate? You don't buy products like these from a Sears catalogue.

I know Bruce and I can tell you he is doing this project. We are not having any luck raising money, but we are on target to take bookings very soon. I like Bruce and he and i are good friends.

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