Contents: Time for a moon mission Number of Passengers Costs for a moon mission Cost Table Resources for cost estimates ship cost Crew

Time for a moon mission [edit section]

• 1 day - travel to space center
• 10 days - prep time (on ground)
• 1 day for launch -
• 1 day for refuel in orbit
• 3 days transit to moon
• 5 days on moon
• 3 days return
• 1 day landing
• 1 day flight home

Total = 26 days:

• 26 days = 24 days from arrival at training center + 2 days earth travel
  • 24 days = 10 days training + 14 days in space
    • 14 days =
      • 5 days launch, refuel, transit
      • 5 days on moon
      • 4 days return (transit, land)

Number of Passengers [edit section]

Assumption is 40 passengers and 4 crew

Costs for a moon mission [edit section]

Here is an expected cost for a moon mission:

• Training: $1.6M
  • 10 days
    • physicals, suit fitting and training, centrifuge testing,
    • ship familiarization, space safety protocols, drills
    • moon base familiarization, moon safety protocols
  • 40 training staff
    • 40 x 10 days x $2K per day = $800K
  • centrifuge testing
    • 40 x $20K per session = $800K
• Vehicle usage: $12M
  • $240M / 40 uses (8M per use) + ($4M profit and refurb per use) = $12M
• Launch services: $1M
• Fuel: $9.5M
  • primary: $500k
  • 6 x Fuel launch: $1500K = $9M
  • 6 x lunar fuel depot (fuel and transit): $1500K = $9M
• Food: $1M
  • 44 x 24 days x $1000 per day = $1M
• Supplies: $600K
  • 44 x 14 days x $1000 per day = $600K
• Suit rental: $800K
  • 40 x 20 days x $1000 per day = $800K
• Staff: 4 person crew - $500K (4 at $125K each)
  • commander, excursion specialist
  • navigator, medic
  • crew1, photographer, lecturer
  • crew2, excursion specialist, scientist
• Moon base (and moon support equipment) rental: $4M
  • 5 days at $20K per night, per person - $4M
• Ground support: $500k
  • 36 people (12 people x 3 (8-hour rotations) x 14 days * ~$1000 per shift)
    • tracking, ship monitoring
    • 10 people - health monitoring, support (1 for 4 clients)

Cost Table [edit section]

Item	Cost
Training	1.6
Vehicle	12
Launch	1
Fuel	18.5
Food	1
Supplies	0.6
Suits	0.8
Crew	0.5
Moon Base	4
Ground	0.5
Total	40.5
Per person:	1.0125

Approximately $1M per person

Resources for cost estimates [edit section]

ship cost [edit section]

• comparison of cruise ship costs: https://gangwaze.com/blog/how-much-does-a-cruise-ship-cost
  • between $34M and $670M - for ocean-going cruise ships in the 2500 passenger range (at the top)
• estimate for price of a test article = $20M?
• estimate for the price of a fully-outfitted space station module = ??
  • how much was the Destiny module for ISS?
    • don't know - here's some info about Destiny
    • here's some info about ISS modules

• total development cost to get to human-rated dragon capsule = 6.5B
  • https://christopherrcooper.com/how-much-does-spacex-dragon-cost/

Crew [edit section]

• Crew responsibilities (corresponding job in cruise industry, in parens)
  • administration (captain)
  • navigation
  • shore excursion coordinators (bosun)
  • photography
  • cooking (cook)
  • cleaning (steward)
  • ship maintenance (bosun)
  • engineer (engineer)
  • science officer (science officer)