posted 01-23-2011 05:18 PM               

The panel's moderator, Spencer Reiss of Wired, introduced Anderson as the person would sell you a ticket for a trip around the Moon, "and there's only one ticket left, and it's $150 million." When Space Adventures announced its circumlunar flight plans in 2005, they said they would sell two seats for $100 million each. Anderson indicated a short time later that the price apparently had gone up, but, "we have sold one of those." Reiss asked Anderson who the purchaser was, but Anderson didn't give a name: "When we tell you, you'll know who it is. You'll recognize the name." Anderson said "we've got people we're finalizing with right now" for the second seat on the flight, which he said would take place around 2015.

You will begin your journey to the far side of the moon by first launching aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Then, a subsequent launch will occur of an unmanned rocket booster. Your spacecraft will rendezvous with this additional system in low-Earth-orbit. The engagement of the two will provide your spacecraft with the required propellant to travel to the moon. Once the firing of the booster is complete, the two systems will separate and you will continue on your majestic journey.

posted 05-06-2011 08:24 AM               

In working towards the goal of extending private space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit, Space Adventures continues to pursue its planned circumlunar mission. After consultation with Rocket Space Corporation Energia, modifications to the Soyuz TMA configuration have been agreed upon. The most important of which is the addition of a second habitation module to the Soyuz TMA lunar complex. The additional module would launch with the Block DM propulsion module and rendezvous with the Soyuz spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

"Space Adventures will once again grace the pages of aerospace history, when the first private circumlunar mission launches. We have sold one of the two seats for this flight and anticipate that the launch will occur in 2015," said Richard Garriott, Vice-Chairman of Space Adventures.

posted 02-01-2012 04:16 PM               

Eric Anderson on Space Adventures Circumlunar Mission

Space Adventures' Eric Anderson discusses the company's plans for the first privately funded space mission to circumnavigate the moon, and its implications.