How many raffle tickets will be sold before a drawing is made?
20,000. How long before a drawing is made? As soon as 20,000 raffle tickets are sold, the drawing will be made. How do I get into Earth orbit? The two-stage manned version of the Neptune 4000 rocket is now in development and will be made available upon certification for orbital tourism operations. We expect the vehicle will be ready before the end of 2008. It will be capable of placing two astronaut pilots and four astronaut tourists into low-earth-orbit (LEO) for a period of seven days. Its novel habitable orbiter stage (HOS) will provide a spacious living area while in orbit. Where will the launches take place? Since the Neptune 4000 rocket is amphibious, all launch and landing operations will take place either from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California or from and around an island in the South Pacific. As soon as navigation through bureaucratic and diplomatic “red tape” is complete, we expect to begin construction of an island spaceport and space tourism resort. If I win, do