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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGot $1.5 billion to spare? How about a trip to the moon?
By David Lazarus
December 6, 2012, 11:20 a.m.
I know, I know: It's so hard to find just the right holiday gift for some people.
So how about a trip to the moon?
All you'll need is $750 million per ticket. But you'll have to book two tickets at a time, meaning that you'll be writing a check for $1.5 billion ...
The lunar excursion is being offered by start-up company Golden Spike, which says it's "the first company planning to offer routine exploration expeditions to the surface of the moon" ...
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-moon-trips-20121206,0,318574.story
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Got $1.5 billion to spare? How about a trip to the moon? (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
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NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)1. Do I get a discount if I book my whole family on the trip?
Or, can we just pay $750 million to give Newt Gingrich a one way ticket?
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)2. Interesting.
Maybe I should tell people I'm a travel agent and for $2B I can book them on a flight to the moon. I pay $1.5B, pocket the rest, and it's go time!
struggle4progress
(118,296 posts)3. Man. You be one expensive agent. I'd only charge 0.5% for booking
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)6. LOL!
Gimme a break! I haven't fully developed a business plan yet. I might, MIGHT, be able to do it cheaper.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)4. You wanna go to the moon? I'll send ya to the moon!
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)5. Son of a bitch!
I only have 1.4 billion.
struggle4progress
(118,296 posts)7. I could get you $0.1 billion if you paid me $1.4 billion