Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Golden Spike Juxtaposed

Compare this...
The company's business model has a heavy reliance on existing space-equipment design and technology. It also lists a product price tag of $1.5 billion for a two-person expedition to the moon. At that price, Stern said, the company could recoup all of its development costs, which he estimates to be $7 billion to $8 billion for the project.
To this...
The goal is to raise $240,000...
So, if I didn't screw up the decimal places, they are crowd sourcing 0.003% of their projected costs. It just makes me go, hmmm...

Yes, for $20m you could orbit the earth as a tourist, but for only a measly 37.5 times more you can be Neal or Buzz!

Hey, but if you only want to go one way, Elon could probably put a Dragon with you in it on the moon for less than $200m. Go full Monty and get a crater named for you at the same time. Or see if, for just $550m more, Golden Spike will bring ya back?

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