Focus on Mars
I remember looking up at the stars with my first telescope and wondering what it would be like to travel into Space. Imagine how much fun it would be to eat smarties whist in zero gravity!
Recently there was a lot of chatter about Space, in particular a manned flight to Mars and the revision of the US Space Policy. Even though the USA has made a number of interesting discoveries via NASA it would be pretty cool if all of the worlds nations teamed up to share the costs of developing Space flight, tourism and long haul missions to other Planets - that way a number of interesting things would happen a lot faster :)
A number of companies have started offering trips into space and from what I recall it is not cheap. Flights start at $200,000 while solo flights can cost as much as $20million… plus there are companies on the web selling acres of land on the Moon and other planetary bodies.
The face of Mars
I had an idea the other day which I think could be quite cool in the years to come and so, here goes: basically I want to buy all of Cydonia. Cydonia is a vast area of land located on Mars. The face of Mars is located within this area and I think that it would be pretty cool to own it as it would be the promotional opportunity for AlienPants.
I’ve already contacted a company requesting a quote so I’ll keep you updated on this projects development.
Links for your reference:
virgingalactic.com
me.moonestates.com
www.nineplanets.org/mars.html
www.solarviews.com/eng/marssurf.htm
www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasa_gen/index.html
solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars
www.space.com/spacetourism