For a cool $1.4 billion you and a friend can go to the moon
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The venture would make use of existing rockets as well as commercial spacecraft that are currently under development to send expeditions to the lunar surface
A group of space veterans and big-name backers today took the wraps off the Golden Spike Company, a commercial space venture that aims to send paying passengers to the moon and back at an estimated price of $1.4 billion or more for two.
The venture would rely on private funding, and it's not clear when the first lunar flight would be launched — but the idea reportedly has clearance from NASA, which abandoned its own back-to-the-moon plan three and a half years ago.
