Lunar real estate: Swedish cottage set to be the first house on the moonRelaxnews
June 2, 2014 11:05 AM
A traditional Swedish cottage could be the first house on the moon, set to land as early as October 2015.
Swedish artist Mikael Genberg has been working on the
Moonhouse Project for over 10 years and has now turned to crowdfunding to make his dreams a reality.
If all goes according to plan, the red house with white gables will be sent into the universe by US aerospace technology company Astrobotic on the back of a spacecraft in October next year.
Measuring 3 meters by 2 meters at the base, the house will have a roof height of 2.5 meters, allowing an adult to stand up inside.
Once deployed on the moon, the cottage will unfold by itself to form a typical Swedish abode.
"Putting a house on the moon should be impossible, but through crowdfunding, through the internet through being enough individuals going together proving this that means that we can do anything," says Genberg.
The Moonhouse project has received funding from partners from the private sector, but around $15 million is required to transport the cottage the 384,000 km from the Earth to its destination.
Each $1 pledged to the project will take The Moonhouse about 25 meters closer to its destination.
"The Moonhouse will enable people to make history and a mark on the international scene since the Moonhouse will be the first payload funded by private individuals to land on the moon," says John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic.
http://news.yahoo.com/lunar-real-estate-swedish-cottage-set-first-house-150542927.html
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