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The Apollo Program cost 24 billion USD and retrieved 35-pounds of moon rock in six missions, which works out to $6300 per ounce.
On the open market, moon rock has sold for $5000 per ounce.
Unmanned space flight typically costs less than half what manned space flight costs, so robotic mining could
retrieve moon rock for $3150 per ounce. Selling at $5000 gives a profit of $1850.
Therefore, your 2 billion dollar investment in my moon-mining company will yield a 37% return over the estimated 4-year project period.
Please understand that to pay for our rocket and robot I will need to collect your share of the money in advance, by wire transfer to my bank account (in Nigeria).
How many pounds of moon rocks?
http://www.astronom...et/qadir/q1019.html
If you want to get somewhat closer to actual facts. [ldischler, Jan 02 2012]
Apollo 18
http://www.imdb.com.../tt1772240/combined
There's a reason we never robotically mined the moon. [ye_river_xiv, Jan 03 2012]
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I am confident that the market value of moon rocks
will remain unaffected by their level of scarcity, and
wish to invest $2 billion. Please send me your
bank account details so I can arrange a transfer of
funds. |
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//The Apollo Program cost 24 billion USD and
retrieved 35-pounds of moon rock in six missions,
which works out to $6300 per ounce// |
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That's a good guess. Wanna try again? There's a
way
to do these sums, you know. |
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If 35lb of rock cost $US24 billion, it works out at
about $US43 million per ounce. Actually
something like a thousand pounds of rock were
brought back, bringing the cost down to a far
more manageable $1-2m/ounce. |
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I had this sitting around for a year or so before posting, and must admit that don't see how I could have come up with those numbers. Wikipedia is now telling me 841.5 pounds of rock. I suspect I did something odd in determining the cost per rocket and prorating. |
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Fortunately, the business scam model holds. Wire me 2 billion dollars for a moon rocket and wait 4 years, don't worry too much about the numbers as that ruins the surprise. |
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Oh Boy! This sounds like easy money! (What could possibly go wrong?) |
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yeah but... wire *me* 2bil and you will have a moon rocket... okay *I* will have a moon rocket and probably a billion left over, close enough though... just sayin'. |
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That bit weighting 35 pounds was used in studies, more or less, while the rest of the 840 pounds was saved "for posterity," by which time it will be absolutely worthless, as we'll be able to zip to the moon for breakfast. So it's fair to base the cost per pound on the rocks actually considered valuable enough to study. |
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Hey there [Laughs Last], I've actually got 20 or so
pounds of 'moon rocks' in the back shed. They're taking
up room so I'll let you have them for your original $3150
per ounce now. With your profits you'll be well on your
way to finance your expedition to collect more. I will
even throw in a few printed certificates of authenticity
once your 75% deposit hits my account. |
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I'll sell you twice as many Moon rocks for half that
price and even throw in their unlimited storage.
(Remuco Moon Ventures may elect to store
your valuable Moon rock investment on the Moon
to
assure purity) |
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Act now and receive as our gift to you, these
beautiful rings of Saturn. These actual rings are
actually used by the actual planet that the cars
were named after. Imagine how impressed your
date will be when you point up to the sky and say
"I own that!" Comes with certificate of
authenticity suitable for framing. (Frame not
included.) |
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Mine your side of your moon if you like, but keep off our bit. |
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But what will you do when the moon rocks come alive and start eating people? |
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[ye_river_xiv] In New York, standard practice is to
flush them down the toilet,
and let them breed in the sewers. |
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Ok. As long as there's an action plan. |
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have you considered the cost-return ratio of the russian Luna program as a baseline for expected returns? it may not be quite correct, since most of the problems were with the launch system, and the Russian launch system is now much more reliable, but as it was an unmanned operation... |
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This all sounds a bit complicated. How a soon on the end of a
really long stick... Might take a while to get each scoop though. |
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On the other hand, the local shop probably sells a good
selection of cheese. |
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Finest in the district, sir! |
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// As long as there's an action plan. // |
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Of course there's a plan. It's a rubbish plan, and it won't work, but then, in a Democratic administration, who cares ? |
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Come over here and say that. |
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//On the other hand, the local shop probably sells a good selection of cheese.// |
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What do you think, Gromit? Wensleydale? |
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//Democratic administration// Michael Bloomberg's
not -- technically -- a Republican, but he's certainly
no Democrat. |
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