SPACE.com — Flight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon

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SPACE.com — Flight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon
ASPEN, Colorado - You don’t have to pack your bags quite yet, but
passenger travel to the Moon is on the flight manifest of a space tourist
company.

The price per seat will slap your wallet or
purse for a swift $100 million - but you’ll have to get in line as the first
voyage is already booked.

Space Adventures, headquartered in Vienna,
Virginia, is in negotiations with the customers who will fly the first private
expedition to circumnavigate
the Moon.

“I hope to have those contracts signed by the
end of the year,” said Eric Anderson, Space Adventures’ president and CEO.
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They are planning on using a Soyuz and doing a fly-by and return without entering orbit. Soyuz was designed for lunar travel so should be almost good to go!
Sounds very groovy.