Holidays on the moon will be possible in a DECADE - but...

[BADecker]

Holidays on the moon will be possible in a DECADE - but a ticket will cost you £8000

Moon Express is a private company that wants to start offering trips to the moon for £8,000 a ticket.

The company was founded in 2010 by billionaire entrepreneur Naveen Jain and is planning to launch its first unmanned orbital mission next year.

Eventually, it hopes to be sending people to the moon by 2026. So far, Moon Express is the only private company to be granted permission (under US law) to leave Earth and land on the moon. It was given the go-ahead by the US Federal Aviation Administration in August in a move that could open up the space race to new levels.

Read more at http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/holidays-moon-possible-decade-ticket-9394296.

[rajasumi3]

well rich people will be able afford such trips .we are common middle class people .cant earn so much .well i dont think it will be a pleasent trip at all .rather i would go to a beach and take some rest in some luxurious hotel which is far more better i guess.

[BADecker]

In 10 years, $10,000 may have inflated to $20,000. But, there are many people who can afford this, one time.



EDIT: Note that the original article says pounds, not even euros. The European Union and euros will be gone long before 10 years is up. If the coming economic crash (that has been predicted for decades, so who knows if it will come) is big enough, the whole space program and everything else might be down by then. We might be back to primitive living, just learning how to barter with gold and silver again.

[FlamingFingers]

And what is so special about the moon? There are some places on Earth that would blow anyone's mind other than going to a flat grey non-lively ground with no modernity at all. If I want to live the experiment, I could simply get a 3D/digital TV and watch any moon expedition.

[fiscorcle]

If it is to be done then Richard Branson will make it possible.
Isn't he one of inventor's of the first passenger rockets that will be going there or another planet in a decade anyways?

[BADecker]

And what is so special about the moon? There are some places on Earth that would blow anyone's mind other than going to a flat grey non-lively ground with no modernity at all. If I want to live the experiment, I could simply get a 3D/digital TV and watch any moon expedition.

Oh, the wealthy are simply looking for a place to go, so that when the crash comes, they won't get executed by the masses, simply for being rich.

[fiscorcle]

And what is so special about the moon? There are some places on Earth that would blow anyone's mind other than going to a flat grey non-lively ground with no modernity at all. If I want to live the experiment, I could simply get a 3D/digital TV and watch any moon expedition.

Oh, the wealthy are simply looking for a place to go, so that when the crash comes, they won't get executed by the masses, simply for being rich.

You mean sort of like that movie The Purge?
The last one Election year was my favorite.

[FlamingFingers]

And what is so special about the moon? There are some places on Earth that would blow anyone's mind other than going to a flat grey non-lively ground with no modernity at all. If I want to live the experiment, I could simply get a 3D/digital TV and watch any moon expedition.

Oh, the wealthy are simply looking for a place to go, so that when the crash comes, they won't get executed by the masses, simply for being rich.

Oh, I got your point .

You mean sort of like that movie The Purge?
The last one Election year was my favorite.

Totally awesome  .

[ZACHM]

Here is a fact sheet about the FAA review: https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=20595

I agree that the moon would probably be a boring place to visit.
The only reason to go is just to say you did it.

[BADecker]

Here is a fact sheet about the FAA review: https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=20595

I agree that the moon would probably be a boring place to visit.
The only reason to go is just to say you did it.

There is something else intriguing about the moon. The moon is not earth, but it is way closer than anything else.

The wealthy are not jointly into everything government. Government is not on the moon. If the wealthy can start their own moon government, there might be nothing the war mongering governments of earth can do about it.

Think of the logical, peaceful advancement of civilization and science, away from the war mongering governments. Yet, moon is close enough that it will be easy to transport necessities from here, which can't be readily had on the moon right away.

Probably, all the raw materials can be found on the moon. But it will take too much time developing a basic start to just go there without some help from earth. Mars is too far away to do ANYTHING easily. The lighter gravity of the moon will make it a good jumping-into-space point, especially once we get things set up for real manufacturing there. Then, Mars, and beyond.

Probably by the time we are able to colonize Mars in a meaningful way, somebody will have found out how to give people 500 years of life in good health. We won't have to worry about overpopulation, even with longer lives.

Next will come other planets, and by that time we will have found out how to live to one or two thousand years old. Then the universe.

[ZACHM]

I agree, it has the potential for many things and is a great "stepping stone" towards further space exploration.

I just don't see the allure of going to the moon as a vacation destination, which is what the article was referring to.

[BADecker]

I agree, it has the potential for many things and is a great "stepping stone" towards further space exploration.

I just don't see the allure of going to the moon as a vacation destination, which is what the article was referring to.

Many people will go simply because they think that it will be really great. Then they will find that it wasn't all that fulfilling after all. Yet, there will be many who will be drawn into some aspect of space base building, simply because their moon trip whetted their appetite.

[saatana]

they said that in 2001 we would spread all across the solar system

they always fail with such deadlines

[BADecker]

they said that in 2001 we would spread all across the solar system

they always fail with such deadlines

They were saying things like this back in the 1950s, that by the end of the century, we would have a thriving base on the moon... maybe more than one. Take a look at all the science fiction books from the '50s and '60s that talk about all kinds of space ventures by the end of the '90s.

Of course they lie. But they lie less. The technology is actually making things like this possible.

[zhangswujip]

Since the moment the astronauts landed on the moon, more people have begun to look forward to seeing the moon. According to the American CNBC television reported, an American private enterprise - "moon express" is planning to let the human change on holiday on the moon as possible. The United States has been approved by the government in August this year, the company launched the lunar spacecraft, this is the history of the United States for the first time approved folk lunar exploration program. Company responsible person intends to launch lunar spacecraft next year, is expected to cost $7 million. However, according to his statement, is expected to achieve human "lunar holiday" in 2026, the per capita cost of the moon is likely to be reduced to $10 thousand.

[ZACHM]

Well if what they send to the moon next year works as intended and only cost $7 million, then they are in for a big payday and that was a very smart investment.

This is why they are doing it:  http://lunar.xprize.org/

[hilariousandco]

Consumer space travel will probably be more affordable/accessible within ten years but trips to the moon probably won't be, but if they are they'll cost you a lot more than 8k.

And what is so special about the moon? There are some places on Earth that would blow anyone's mind other than going to a flat grey non-lively ground with no modernity at all. If I want to live the experiment, I could simply get a 3D/digital TV and watch any moon expedition.

Why leave your house and travel the world when you can watch it on your 3D tv? Why get a girlfriend when you can buy a sexdoll or use your hand?



Yeah, nothing special or mind-blowing about witnessing that.

[Sirtho]

i don't really care . because gravity free environment is very hazardous to human body. i would not go .

[ZACHM]

Yes, but the moon is not a gravity free environment. It just has less gravity than earth. 

[mayxi865]

Not everyone can go to the moon, your body is hard enough