FLY ME TO THE MOON: $30 MILLION

FLY ME TO THE MOON: $30 MILLION

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Wireless Flash) – It may sound looney but a space physicist in New Zealand hopes to build his own rocket ship – and he needs your help. The American-born scientist – who calls himself “Millennium Twain” – says he hates America’s monopoly of space exploration and hopes to rectify things by building his own spacecraft. The 45-year-old physicist needs $30 million to build his dream vehicle, which will be capable of traveling to the moon and beyond. So far, Twain has $1000 earmarked, but blastoff could be as early as 2004 if he gets the other $29,999,000 fast enough. He hasn’t picked a final design for the ship yet, so he’s sponsoring a design contest at www.freespeech.org/rapture asking folks to suggest their own spaceship ideas. The winner will get a free trip to outer space.

Wed 04-18-01