Getting to the Moon

[Anonymous No.8029774]

Say I had a few hundred Billion quid lying around and wanted to get to the Moon without the approval of Government, and without Richard Branson. Just a one way trip by myself.

How would I do it? And what would I have to overcome in terms of Gravity, Electrical storms, etc?

>inb4 Van Allen and radiation

I don't care if I die up there/on the way, that's a risk I'll take. I just want to know what I'm up against.

Thanks.

[Anonymous No.8029778]

You need to specify if you want to land on the moon alive or just reach it alive (i.e. hard or soft landing), the latter is a lot easier.

[Anonymous No.8029781]

>>8029774
>quid

u wot fuck off back to britbong m8

[Anonymous No.8029783]

I'm sure the russians would gladly deliver you there 1 way for under 400 million

[Anonymous No.8029784]

>>8029778

Either landing really. The return trip isn't necessary, so the vehicle is expendable. I'll sky-dive from orbit if it's the only viable option.

Reaching the Moon alive is the goal, but if I die en-route then so be it.

Safety is of no importance.

[Anonymous No.8029796]

>>8029784
>I'll sky-dive from orbit if it's the only viable option.

That doesn't really matter, since there's no air for a parachute to work. You could lighten your mass to lunar insertion requirement by using a spacesuit with a monopropellant jet pack but you'll either need a great control system or a lot of training to not eat shit on the landing.

>>8029783
This guy has the right idea. Just so you know, you couldn't ride a transfer stage from orbit to the Moon on a budget and survive. A cheap system to reach the Moon is likely to take several days to get there so you'd need a capsule of sorts but, for the braking phase, you absolutely could cut down to a jepack/spacesuit combo.