tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192883022973901942.post3683812020950448217..comments2023-10-08T02:46:24.823-07:00Comments on Bootstrapping Space: Early days - carrier spacecraft (1/4)Chris Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247630943891521469noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192883022973901942.post-61850706813866601292016-09-07T11:37:28.550-07:002016-09-07T11:37:28.550-07:00Check out this request for cubesat payloads on a c...Check out this request for cubesat payloads on a commercial lunar orbit mission:<br />http://www.goonhilly.org/lunar<br /><br />This is an ESA-backed mission with 80kg of payload available for £1m ($1.33m) per kg. That's only around 8x my estimate for an initial lunar mission, which can be accounted for with a smaller launcher, smaller scale and probably a more accurate estimate of costs involved than I was able to do.Chris Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11247630943891521469noreply@blogger.com