Friday, May 6, 2011

A Trip Around the Moon: Yours for $150 Million



For just $150 million, Space Adventures, a commercial space company based in Virginia, will give you a seat on a trip around the moon. The company says one customer has already signed up for the mission.

The "round-the-moon" participants will launch in a Russian Soyuz Spacecraft to the International Space Station where they will stay for 8-10 days before taking the 3.5 day trip to slingshot around the moon, coming within 100 kilometers of the surface. It will take a further 3.5 days to return to Earth. The trip could take place as early as 2015.

Space Adventures has already sent seven tourists to the International Space Station on board Soyuz spacecrafts. To reach the moon, a rocket booster (Block-DM upper stage) and an extra habitation module will be sent to the space station to rendezvous and dock with the Soyuz. The module will double the size of the Soyuz on the inside.

Eric Anderson, chairman of Space Adventures, said the customer who is signed up already is planning to do more that just stare out the window, but he would not say what exactly.
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11 comments:

  1. DubbaDeeDooMay 6, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    This is great! Let me just write up a check for #150 million right now... *sarcasm*

    Well, it's understandable. A spaceship is not cheap. ><

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  2. IntramanMay 6, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    interesting; but kind of expensive...

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  3. cadexnMay 6, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    That one customer must be one brave and filthy rich guy. How i wish i can explore the space with my own eyes

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  4. GhekoMay 7, 2011 at 4:23 AM

    If only I had a spare $150mill, this would be so amazing.

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  5. logo messMay 7, 2011 at 5:01 AM

    whoever gets 150 million $ ? sad it will not be me flying around in space

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  6. brnMay 7, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    ahhahah even if i had that much money to spend i don't think i'd pay for that...
    i would be terrified.

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  7. choikestaMay 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    Awesome, I'd love to go into space, if it wasn't so expensive, maybe in 20 years.

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  8. SynthRockEngineMay 7, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    Only $150 million? What a bargain!

    But in all seriousness, the expensive price aside, that's pretty awesome.

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  9. SetyMay 7, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    what a prize...

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  10. audio oceanMay 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    That would be incredible to go into space. Certainly would be the experience of a lifetime.

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  11. sp3nnyMay 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    if i had the money, i would do it

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