Hi and thank you for that.Can i verify that 'translunar' means around the moon and back?
At what height would a rocket/spacecraft have to get to to orbit the earth, as in the ISS?
Also, please may i ask if anyone else on this brilliant forum has any other thoughts on pricing/prices?
I believe that Space Adventures LLC have already quoted a price for a lunar fly-around mission. IIRC, it is in the region of $100M per seat. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. It isn't unaffordable but it would be a very exclusive club.Personally, a seven-day flight cooped up in a Soyuz with one or two others isn't my cup of tea. I'll wait until Bigelow cruisers are doing it. 180 or 330 cubic meters sounds a lot better, IMHO.
It's $150 million. The participants should have plenty of room: the descent module, the orbital module, and another orbital module attached to the EDS. Way more room than Apollo.
Quote from: Jason1701 on 05/26/2011 07:52 pmIt's $150 million. The participants should have plenty of room: the descent module, the orbital module, and another orbital module attached to the EDS. Way more room than Apollo.No, Apollo had a lunar module attached.
Quote from: Jim on 05/26/2011 07:53 pmQuote from: Jason1701 on 05/26/2011 07:52 pmIt's $150 million. The participants should have plenty of room: the descent module, the orbital module, and another orbital module attached to the EDS. Way more room than Apollo.No, Apollo had a lunar module attached.CM was 5.9 m3, LM 6.7 m3. Soyuz descent module is 3.5 m3, orbital module is 5 m3, for a total of 13.5 m3 in the Space Adventures proposal - more than Apollo's 12.6 m3.
Please can someone explain what 'cis-lunar' is? (Sorry for the naiveity)
Falcon Heavy 9 + dragon I think easy could do cis-lunar flight.1pilot and 6 customers. Price could be somewhere around 20-40 millions. I think they will have "plenty of customers". If I have this money I will buy it,but I will not spend millions for earth orbit flight.
anyone please?