From: 18084TM@msu.edu (Tom)
Subject: Moonbase race
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George William Herbert sez:

>Hmm.  $1 billion, lesse... I can probably launch 100 tons to LEO at
>$200 million, in five years, which gives about 20 tons to the lunar
>surface one-way.  Say five tons of that is a return vehicle and its
>fuel, a bigger Mercury or something (might get that as low as two
>tons), leaving fifteen tons for a one-man habitat and a year's supplies?
>Gee, with that sort of mass margins I can build the systems off
>the shelf for about another hundred million tops.  That leaves
>about $700 million profit.  I like this idea 8-)  Let's see
>if you guys can push someone to make it happen 8-) 8-)

I like your optimism, George.  I don't know doots about raising that kind
of dough, but if you need people to split the work and the $700M, you just
give me a ring :-)  Living alone for a year on the moon sounds horrid, but
I'd even try that, if I got a bigger cut.  :-)

-Tommy Mac
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