$100 million tourist flight to the Moon
Re the story this morning in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/science/space/10private.html?ei=5090&en=bb93a572dea5211b&ex=1281326400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
and the actual website of the project
http://www.deepspaceexpeditions.com/section5-press.html
With the help of friends, I first broke this story last November (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6558855/)
on the MSNBC.com website and found the concept credible, with no obvious 'show stoppers'.
And updated on July 26, 2005 | 8:45 a.m. ET (Alan Boyle blog: Fly me to the moon? Russian space officials are working out a plan to send high-rolling space passengers around the moon and back for a cool $100 million) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8700874/#050726a