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Old 26-July-2005, 05:36 PM
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Energeia will fly you to the Moon for a mere $100 million.

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The Russian space-shuttle maker Energia has submitted a proposal for would-be space tourists to the Federal Space Agency Roskosmos to charter a flight to the moon, the daily newspaper Izvestia reported.

Spacecraft have already been selected, a flight route worked out and a business plan compiled. All that is left to do is find someone wanting to take a 2-week trip to the Moon for $100 million.

The game tourist will spend the first seven days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). After that, a Soyuz TMA spacecraft will carry a mission commander and the tourist for a flyby of the Moon, subsequently returning to the Earth. It will take 18 months or two years to manufacture all the required equipment and to implement the project as soon as the money is received.
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Energeia will fly you to the Moon for a mere $100 million.
That all? I have that in my petty cash account.
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that's for the round-trip ticket. Right? How much for the one-way?
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That all? I have that in my petty cash account.
Hey, can you send me a little petty cash? :wink:
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Old 26-July-2005, 06:25 PM
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Just a fly-by :-? I would like to walk on the moon.

How much would that be? :-k
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That all? I have that in my petty cash account.
Hey, can you send me a little petty cash? :wink:
Well, I could've, but not anymore. :wink:
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Just a fly-by :-? I would like to walk on the moon.

How much would that be? :-k
I hear you can exchange the second half of your round-trip ticket for a ride down to the surface.
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Just a fly-by :-? I would like to walk on the moon.

How much would that be? :-k
I hear you can exchange the second half of your round-trip ticket for a ride down to the surface.
I would take it if it going to be a smooth landing instead of crash landing :P . I need to walk on the moon, remember?
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Now is that a first class or coach price?
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Think of all the frequent flyer miles you'd accumulate!
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ZOND: Part Deux--the Quickening. (Podsatka problem from Astronautix.com)

"So--were those Rump Soyuz circumlunar missions under the ZOND name all successful?"

'urm...da?' :^o
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STAR CITY, Russia - Space passenger Greg Olsen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9323509/
Greg Olsen may be paying $20 million for a ride to the international space station next month, but that doesn’t mean he’ll get out of doing the chores in orbit.
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More on the Soyuz/Moon mission:
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsealpha.htm

How it compares with other circumlunar thumps.
http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/manlunar.htm
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