Tue, Oct 18, 2005
First 1,000 Customers Also Entered into Drawing for
Zero-Gravity Training
A year from now, one lucky customer
of Circle Around The Moon could be preparing for the ride of a
lifetime. The company recently launched the first sweepstakes to
offer a trip around the moon. Each purchase at
CircleAroundTheMoon.com earns an automatic entry into the
sweepstakes.
As it stands now, a ticket to circle the moon will currently set
the ambitious traveler back $100 million. But the prize may not be
out of reach for space aficionados who make a purchase of $100 from
Circle Around The Moon Inc. Customers who purchase one of the
collectibles offered at CircleAroundTheMoon.com -- a zero-gravity
pen and a futuristic desk clock, each priced at $100 -- are
automatically entered into the sweepstakes, which is open to
participants worldwide and runs through midnight, October 11,
2006.
Circle Around the Moon founder and president Stephan May is
optimistic about the outcome of the sweepstakes. "When Space
Adventures Ltd. announced they were offering commercial flights to
the moon for $100 million, I realized that only a select few people
would have the opportunity to go," May explained. "We wanted to
make the opportunity available to anyone. I think the world needs a
bit of hope right now."
In addition to the moon orbit sweepstakes, the company today
rolled out two early-bird customer incentive programs. The first
1,000 customers to make purchases from CircleAroundTheMoon.com will
be entered into a drawing for zero-gravity training at Space
Adventures Ltd. And for every 100,000 entries, Circle Around The
Moon Inc. will hold a drawing for an additional zero-gravity
training or centrifuge training prize.
May said he has long been captivated by the prospect of space
travel and tourism. In combining that passion with his
entrepreneurial drive and a conviction that space travel should be
widely accessible, he hopes to change how the world views flights
to the moon -- or beyond.
"This sweepstakes is a huge milestone in the movement to make
space travel common practice," May said. "However, our dream cannot
be realized without customer participation. Together we can make
commercial space travel a reality."
"One hundred dollars doesn't really get you much these days. But
now there's a chance it can get you the moon!" May added.
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