Got $1.5 billion? Then you can go to the moon! A team of former
NASA executives created a private venture which offers two-
person trips to the moon. NASA’s last trip to the moon was 40
years ago, when the US beat the Soviet Union in the space race
to the moon. Once the moon ‘conquered’ President Obama cancelled
NASA’s plan to get back to the moon saying that America has
already been there. But as other countries show interest in the
space trip, NASA associate administrator Alan Stern, decided to
create he new Golden Spike Company. He said that the targeted
countries are Japan, South Korea and South Africa. “It’s not
about being first. It’s about joining the club,” Stern said.
“We’re kind of cleaning up what NASA did in the 1960s. We’re
going to make a commodity of it in the 2020s.” Stern plans the
first trip before the end of the decade and make up to 20
launches in total. Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell doubts
the success of the plan as many companies have attempted to send
people in the space and faile