Your Future Vacation: The Moon?
A new company wants to give you the chance to go for a moon walk. Start saving now.
The Moon may be a vacation destination for super high end travelers in the not-too-distant future, if one new company has its way.
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It's been more than 40 years since we landed people on the Moon. In the estimation of one company comprised of former NASA executives, the technology required to make the trip is long overdue to go commercial.
Golden Spike ― that's the name of the company ― thinks it can send you on your lunar adventure for just $1.5 billion. That's per person.
Watch the video to learn more.
JB
9:00 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Stupid. Who seriously pays 1.5 billion bucks to walk on ze moon? Don't be one of those people!!!
jxjipper
11:01 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Could we take up a collection to start Bodegas on the moon? Also a retirement home for Council and a penal colony for our hundreds of felons. We can use the overflow of funds from our abundantly prosperous tourist industry to promote the industry.
Alan Fiermonte
10:23 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
Will never be a truly profitable mass market for space tourism anytime soon. When the first (most likely high profile celebrity and/or wealthy) space tourist explodes, dies horribly and painfully, and/or or gets seriously injured, that is the end of the very high-risk, high-return space tourism industry. And it will happen. Just a matter of time. There's a reason NASA exists...space travel is not an easily repeatable business model or technical endeavor. It is fraught with nasty surprises.