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99th_Monkey

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9. A Private Corporate Space Travel Services to the Highest National Bidders?

Reply to bananas (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 06:37 AM

Jan 2013

How lovely. How timely, for private interests to now try to cash-in on 40+ years
of taxpayers' public investment in space exploration technology.

This makes me feel really sad.

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Private company developing commercial lunar lander [View all] bananas Jan 2013 OP

"Golden Spike hopes to fly two-person missions to the moon for about $1.5 billion" PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #1

I smell disaster. louis-t Jan 2013 #2

About two trips each year. bananas Jan 2013 #4

I still say they won't get much business. louis-t Jan 2013 #6

Note that the business model ISN'T space tourism... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #5

Radio Free Europe interviews Golden Spike's business manager bananas Jan 2013 #3

A Private Corporate Space Travel Services to the Highest National Bidders? 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #9

There's more to this Android3.14 Jan 2013 #7

That's my take too. This is only 1/2 the story, at best. Is this what happened to NASA? 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #8

Space Adventures is selling 3-person circumlunar flights for $300M total bananas Jan 2013 #10