Affording a spaceship?

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Realistically, if you're not obscenely wealthy you are going to have a hard time holding onto your extremely expensive toy. Between taxes and fees, operating expenses, and other costs you either need a large cash flow (i.e. wealth) or you will quickly run into a situation in which you cannot pay some part of those expenses and wind up losing the asset. In the real world average people don't own and operate cruise ships, jet liners, or sky rises. It takes a great deal of assets and wealth in order to both own and operate such an expensive toy.

You can also look at the issue from the other side:

Someone who has a spaceship and the skills and allies to operate it properly is likely to be making some money on it. It's funny to see spaceship captains who don't have the cash to buy a single set of clothes.