Want to fund a mission to the Moon?

Want to finance a space mission? Through the wonder of crowd funding, now you can be a part of Lunar Mission One, for as little as three British pounds.

Aims:
• land near the South Pole of the Moon – not previously explored
• drill a hole at least 20 metres (up to 100 metres) deep
• recover cores for examination by on board instruments
• insert a time capsule into the hole

Part of the time capsule will be occupied by private material, submitted by funders.

An ambitious project in itself will be the remainder of the contents of the time capsule:

"a publically assembled, authoritative record of life on Earth, with a history of humankind and a species database that chronicles the Earth's known biodiversity and how it all fits together – from geology to atmosphere. This archive will be available online both during development and after the Mission has been accomplished. We will have laid the groundwork for future generations to develop and maintain this hugely valuable research and educational tool. Publically owned and accessible to all, this archive is a hugely ambitious plan that could only be resourced by a project of this scale." – Wow!

Kickstarter project site:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lunarmissionone/lunar-mission-one-a-new-lunar-mission-for-everyone

Media reports:

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/mission-moon-millions-may-help-lunar-landing/2014/11/19/fa3d5dda-700c-11e4-a2c2-478179fd0489_story.html

BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30102343

Wired
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/19/space-mission-in-ten-years

Collins, & others, list "publically" (used in the quote from the Lunar Mission Project above) as an alternate spelling of "publicly":

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/publically / Lunar Mission One most inspirational mission to the Moon Apollo landings reserve your place in space follow space exploration be a part of it unmanned robotic landing module South Pole Moon unexplored previous missions pioneering technology drill down depth at least 20m drilled 100m 20 100 metres meters access lunar rock dating back 4.5 billion years discover geological composition ancient relationship Earth our planet effects asteroid bombardment project improve scientific understanding early solar system formation our planet Moon conditions initiated life on Earth Rosetta mission new era of pioneering space exploration engage with the secrets of the solar system truly international mission everyone everywhere get involved in finance next phase of development Lunar Mission One reserve your place in space digital memory box buried Moon mission 21st Century time capsule borehole drill preserved billion years conditions within the Moon private archive millions individual digital memory boxes Kickstarter supporter secure longer term funding launch information inside time capsule buried on the Moon public archive publically assembled authoritative record life on Earth history of humankind species database chronicle Earth's known biodiversity geology atmosphere available online during development accomplished completed groundwork future generations develop maintain valuable research educational tool publically owned accessible to all hugely ambitious plan resourced project of this scale ten years launch rocket Earth orbit Lunar Missions spacecraft inscribed space craft upper stage boost spacecraft lunar lander drilling platform slow down orbit lunar poles adjust orbit precision landing viewing gallery mission control members Lunar Missions Club slows preselected landing site South Pole position target area adjusts trajectory look for small hazards make final adjustments rocket engines cut out legs stabilising settling craft surface of the Moon retrieve cylindrical rock cores analysis suite scientific instruments onboard arrange return mission most important samples back more detailed analysis on Earth next mission funded Lunar Missions Trust /