Trip to the Moon - only £100m

Want to go to the moon? Got £100m to spare? Then you're in luck!

Soviet-era Soyuz FG rocket recently bought second hand

An Isle of Man firm has bought four second-hand space capsules and two disused space stations from the Russians and is offering members of the public a chance to go to them moon ... well very close to the moon anyway. Budding space travellers with the readies will have an opportunity to orbit the moon.

The space equipment, which dates back to the Soviet era, is currently undergoing a re-fit with the latest electronics and software at the Exhalibur Almaz site in the Isle of Man.
The IoM is home to half the world's satellite companies, thanks to a 10% income tax rate and  zero tax rate for space projects.

Each trip could last up to 8 months, stopping off via one of the space stations before travelling over a quarter of a million miles to the moon. "This is a private expedition, it's not tourism", according to EA. "It's like the expeditions to the South Seas years ago that made Britain so rich".

Great news if you have the cash, and great news for the IoM economy then!