Private Moon Landing in the works?

[Warren Platts]

Hey guys! Guess what? There's a new thread all about GCR's and the problem they represent over in the Mars Missions subforum here!

[Chris Bergin]

That website (I deleted the link) is clearly some kid. The first post was a copy and paste of one of mine in L2.

He's not getting linked here and he's going to get my size 11 boot up his backside.

[ciscosdad]

You've confused me Chris. (not difficult I will admit). You are clearly not referring to Warrens new GCR thread.

??

[Chris Bergin]

Na, some homemade blog site, clearly claiming to be running info when it looks like (actually is) he's just copying off here and other sites.

By the way, it's about to get exciting, potentially within a week.

[Chris Bergin]

Here we go!

NASAWatch with the find (they tweeted it)....

6 Dec 2012:

Golden Spike Company Debut 2:00 pm
Bloomberg Room
National Press Club Washington DC

http://press.org/events/golden-spike-company-debut

[Rocket Science]

Here we go!

NASAWatch with the find (they tweeted it)....

6 Dec 2012:

Golden Spike Company Debut 2:00 pm
Bloomberg Room
National Press Club Washington DC

http://press.org/events/golden-spike-company-debut

Great stuff Chris, we’ll be on pins and needles until then!

[Mongo62]

GoldenSpikeCompany website placeholder?

[Warren Platts]

National Press Club?!? Does that mean we can watch it on CSPAN?

[arachnitect]

National Press Club?!? Does that mean we can watch it on CSPAN?

Anyone with a few dollars can rent the National Press Club facilities.

Don't expect any coverage of [whatever this is] outside of enthusiast circles.

[Warren Platts]

http://goldenspikecompany.info

GoldenSpikeCompany website placeholder?

Spoof domain name registered in Romania according to NW....

[Nelson Bridwell]

Ever since the nonsense flexible path "Missions to Nowhere" proposal I have been waiting for someone to wake up and realize that NASA needs a LANDER.  Glad to hear that someone might be seriously thinking about filling the gap.

However, it would make so much more sense if $18B/year NASA was the customer, rather than waiting around for another decade or two for a commercial market to materialize...

[sfjcody_]

Is it possible that the sight of astronauts from a small oil rich Gulf state walking on the moon could create a new 'Sputnik moment' in the US, Europe, China etc and spur these major world players into giving manned spaceflight funding a boost?

[Nelson Bridwell]

"Galactic Suites space hotel is on course for a 2012 debut"

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/galactic-suites.php

[Nelson Bridwell]

Don't expect any coverage of [whatever this is] outside of enthusiast circles.

Simply by dropping a few names, it is possible to make the most unlikely and outlandish proposals sound respectable and newsworthy.

That is the real reason for the Planetary Resoruces announcement.  After several years of having to do battle with snickering and ridicule, they had finally had enough.

[Jim]

Ever since the nonsense flexible path "Missions to Nowhere" proposal I have been waiting for someone to wake up and realize that NASA needs a LANDER. 

NASA does not need one