The Adventurers’ Survey
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S1 WealthyOrb
Total - Orb
Wealthy Sub
50% 40% Gross Mkt 30% 20% Opp 10% 0%
Total - Sub
FIG 28 WEALTH IMPACT
Some further cross-checks were carried out, but here the sample sizes that emerged from the cross-correlations were far too small to allow for numerical extrapolation. Nevertheless they confirm the trends exhibited elsewhere in the sample database. For instance, there were about 20 respondents that were both rich and under 21. For this small segment, the suborbital gross market opportunity was 20% (compared with the 27% figure for all the rich respondents), and the orbital value was 35% (compared with the 45% figure for all rich respondents). This reinforces the findings of Section 12 that the youth have less interest than the overall population. There were not enough rich female respondents (only 9) to allow for any meaningful numerical comparison to be carried out. A cross-check on location found that 11% of the rich Adventurers came from Asia, compared to 5% for the overall population as shown in Fig 2. This is particularly significant bearing in mind the findings of Section 11 above, where it was reported that Asians responding to this survey are much less likely to be interested in either suborbital or orbital spaceflight experiences than is the case for the overall population surveyed.
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