Got $100 million to spend?

[Tormod]

Originally Posted by New York Times

One day after NASA brought the shuttle Discovery back from low Earth orbit, a private company plans to announce a more audacious venture, a tourist trip around the moon.

Space Adventures, a company based in Arlington, Va., has already sent two tourists into orbit. On Wednesday, it is to unveil an agreement with Russian space officials to send two passengers on a voyage lasting 10 to 21 days, depending partly on its itinerary and whether it includes the International Space Station.

A roundtrip ticket will cost $100 million.

http://news.com.com/A+tour+around+th...l?tag=nefd.top

I think the ad income from Hypography might just be enough for one ticket.

[pgrmdave]

If only I had that kind of money...

[Tormod]

Umf...it should say "Got $100 million to spend". LOL.

[pgrmdave]

Maybe, if we all strike it rich, the next hypography convention can be on the moon!

[alxian]

once they have a lunar settlement built and you can stay for a few weeks, no problem.. well the 100 million will always be a problem but there would have to be more to do on the long and otherwise cramped and boring 3 days there and 3 days back.. like packing the shuttle full of eager to please eastern european escorts.. for 100 mil i'd like to know that my money was well spent in something few other people will ever experience, and knowing the chances of the mission ending in grisly death my last moments shouldn't be regretting not having beautiful women around to comfort me in ways only 'they' can. rofl.


bonus, if you have 100 mil you prolly have the money to afford a sweet [digital] SLR camera and several terabytes worth of flash memory.. upon your return those shots would be worth a pretty penny. not enough to repay the ticket but surely enough to line your deep pockets...

[UncleAl]

Consider toilet facilties. Folks in space suits wear adult diapers. Apollo missions defecated into plastic bags with the aid of their fellows ("failure was not an option"). International Space Station Freedom FUBAR Space Hole One Alpha has a hugely expensive NASA toilet that, as with all things NASA, would never be used by NASA management. Not ever.

10 - 21 days without a shower or a toilet, weightless, locked up in a small pod with a bunch of strangers (and possibly some French without even a bidet) is an unpleasant thought. Add a reasonable likelihood of gastrointestinal upset (Montezuma's revenge, New Delhi belly, the trots OTOH and space sickness emesis OTOH). It could be an interminably long, very memorable two to three weeks - especially just after the last plastic bag is filled. Ejected human GI contents evolve gases over time. If you fill, seal, and forget... you will remember.

[TheFaithfulStone]

International Space Station Freedom FUBAR Space Hole One Alpha

Al you must REALLY be pissed off to remember to type that every time you mean "ISS".



If I had a hundred million dollars, and it would buy me a moon ticket, I could think of no better way to spend it - even if it does mean crapping in my pants next to a Frenchman for three weeks.

TFS

[Jay-qu]

amen

we should have sold a few seats aboard the prophesy to help pay for the trip!

[Dark Mind]

The Prophesy?

Oh! Right ! Space Voyage #1, got it . Say... How much are tickets aboard that going for . Maybe we could charge people $50 million and have them pay years in advance... That way after we collect we could then build the thing . Then give 'em the ride after they'd paid for it and we built it .

[Jay-qu]

I dont think many people would be willing to 'invest' millions of dollars into a holiday they wont get for at least 20 years.. but still it would be a way to raise some capital