INTERLUNE-INTERMARS BUSINESS INITIATIVE - RETURNING TO DEEP SPACE

The corporate vision of a proposed Interlune-Intermars Initiative enco mpasses commercial enterprises related to resources from space that su pport the preservation of the human species and our home planet. Withi n this vision, the major mission objectives of the Initiative are to p rovide investors with a competitive rate of return; protect the Earth' s environment and expand the well-being of its inhabitants by using en ergy from space, particularly lunar He-3, as a major alternative to fo ssil and fission fuels; develop resources from space that will support future near-Earth and deep-space activities and human settlement; and develop reliable and robust capabilities to launch payloads from Eart h to deep space at a cost of $1,000/kg or less (1996 dollars). Attaini ng a level of sustaining operations for the core fusion power and luna r resource business of the Initiative requires about 15 years and 10-$ 15 billion of private investment capital as well as the successful mar keting and profitable sales of a variety of applied fusion technologie s.