Former Nasa executives offer $1.5 bn ticket for two to moon
8 Dec 2012 8:06 AM IST
A private venture launched by former NASA executives plans to send people to the Moon by 2020, costing USD 1.5 billion for two.
The company, called Golden Spike claims to have generated ‘real interest’ in space agencies in both Asian and European countries.
Golden Spike plans to sell each Moon mission for about USD 1.5 billion a relative bargain, said the company's president and CEO Alan Stern, a former director of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Space.com reported.
‘We're selling to nations, corporations and individuals.
Get in line and I think it's going to be a long one,’ he told the website. ‘We have spoken to space agencies from both Asian and European countries and found real interest,’ Stern said.
The missions are being targeted at countries without their own space agencies or that can't afford to launch people to the Moon independently, as well as scientific organisations and even private individuals looking to take the trip of a lifetime.
The company, called Golden Spike claims to have generated ‘real interest’ in space agencies in both Asian and European countries.
Golden Spike plans to sell each Moon mission for about USD 1.5 billion a relative bargain, said the company's president and CEO Alan Stern, a former director of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Space.com reported.
‘We're selling to nations, corporations and individuals.
Get in line and I think it's going to be a long one,’ he told the website. ‘We have spoken to space agencies from both Asian and European countries and found real interest,’ Stern said.
The missions are being targeted at countries without their own space agencies or that can't afford to launch people to the Moon independently, as well as scientific organisations and even private individuals looking to take the trip of a lifetime.
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