He obviously hasn't thought it through (kind of lacks the capacity, doesn't he?). Yourself, have you thought it through?
So, people are going to go through months and months of rigorous training to get in tip-top shape... To spend a fortnight at a holiday inn where they spend the whole holiday staring out of the window aching to be on planet earth?
Or maybe it's all just one big joke (his / yours)?
Give me 101 fascinating experiments to conduct (relatively basic ones) and maybe I'd be interested - not that I could afford it. But 2 weeks looking out of a porthole with a paperback in hand? I'm pretty sure most would prefer a good beach. For a lot less.
Since you have present your cause by using ad hominem, personal incredulity, appeal to emotion, and appeal to authority I rilly don't know how to respond.
I haz an idea..why don't you NOT go.
You can stay on the ground...and other's can send you emails...about the once in a lifetime opportunity that you're missing out on.
How's that sound?