Re: New industries and more jobs for Americans indeed ...

For a fraction of that money they could make movie and fake the trip, as
they did under Nixon.

T.Schmidt
P.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations
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"JFK" <jonathan@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Trip to the moon: $100 million
>
> By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer
>
>
> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The firm that already arranged for two
> millionaire space tourists to visit the International Space Station is
> getting ready to sell trips to the moon for $100 million each.
>
> Space Adventures, an Arlington, Va., based company, announced plans
> Wednesday morning for two passengers to ride a Russian Soyuz rocket to
> the moon and back as soon as 2008. A Russian cosmonaut would pilot the
> space craft.
>
> The Soyuz would travel around the far side of the moon and then return
> to Earth without orbiting or landing, according to Eric Anderson, CEO
> of the firm.
>
> Anderson said the firm has identified more than 1,000 people with both
> the financial resources and the interest to consider making the trip
> for that sum, although he couldn't say how many he expects will
> eventually pay the $100 million price tag.
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/10/news/funny/moontrip/index.htm
>


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