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Topic: U.S. company one step closer to selling space on moonshot
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
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posted 11-29-2002 11:03 AM
   
From the Los Angeles Times via the Houston Chronicle's website:After a 30-year hiatus, the United States is going to the moon again. Only this time, the government will have nothing to do with it. San Diego-based TransOrbital Inc. came one step closer to a planned moon mission when it signed a $20 million contract this week with the Russian space company Kosmotras for a test flight to be launched from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan that will put a satellite into Earth orbit on Dec. 20. TransOrbital President Dennis Laurie said the moonshot, scheduled for next October, will cost about $40 million. The point of the mission? Profit. TransOrbital is selling space aboard the vehicle -- not for people but for personal items such as business cards, photos or personal messages (at $2,500 a gram). (For the full story, see: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/space/1680912 ) What do collectors think of this? If it was a round trip, this would be a no-brainer -- every collector and their brother would want to have their memorabilia flown to the Moon and back. But a one way trip? Would you pay $2500 to have a gram of your goods delivered (smashed) into the Moon's surface? |
NC Apollo Fan
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From: Belmont, NC USA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 11-29-2002 11:18 AM
Not personally, no. Jonathan |
Gordon Reade
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From: USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 11-29-2002 11:48 AM
I would. You can count me in.P.S. I just paid $100.00 to have my name placed on a wall at the new Air & Space Museum at Dullus Airport. Why wouldn't I pay for this as well? [This message has been edited by Gordon Reade (edited November 29, 2002).] |
John K. Rochester
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From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-29-2002 11:48 AM
.. I'd rather not send more garbage to the moon.. |
rjurek349
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From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-29-2002 12:09 PM
No -- I would not pay that much for a gram of stuff to just get smashed. What's the point? You can send your name for free to Mars with NASA and get a printout certificate. Worth about as much as a trip to the moon as this, it seems to me, as all you'll have left to show for it as well will be some cert. For $2,500, you can get yourself a decent piece of flown memorabilia from Apollo, and weighing in at more than a gram. From a practical collector's point of view, it just doesn't make sense to me. |
CPIA
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posted 11-29-2002 12:15 PM
I agree with Jonathan. Why send something to crash into the Moon as opposed to returned to the owner. Especially at $2,500 per gram. You can buy a pretty good Moon flown artifact for that price per gram. Larry |
Rizz
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From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-29-2002 02:27 PM
I'm with you on that one Larry. |
mensax
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From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 11-29-2002 04:19 PM
How many grams are there in a mother-in-law? ;)Noah |
Robonaut
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From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-29-2002 05:43 PM
If I cannot have it back? I join the no's. I agree with rjurek349. I would rather buy something to add to my collection.But, each to their own. Best wishes Rob Wood |
CPIA
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posted 11-29-2002 06:46 PM
mensax said, "How many grams are there in a mother-in-law?Noah, I don't know. Yet. Larry [This message has been edited by CPIA (edited November 29, 2002).] |
BigWaveDave
Member Posts: 202
From: Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-30-2002 11:11 AM
Changing the subject to "good" things on the moon, have Gene Shoemakers ashes been "delivered" to the moon's surface yet? If so where did they "land"?Ohh... and for $2.500 .... I opt for the Neil Armstrong autograph and a trip to Maui  .
Real Big Waves! Dave ------------------
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Keith Barber
Member Posts: 326
From: Warwickshire
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-30-2002 11:16 AM
click below for Gene info
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~carolyn/tribute.html |
ModelMaker
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From: U-S-A!
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 01-24-2003 12:06 AM
any news on this? $2500 per gram? ouch! thats some expensive way to send a business card. whose gonna read it - lance bass? |
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