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Space Lottery

Makes the dream of space flight possible for everyone

Space Lottery

Space Lottery

Makes the dream of space flight possible for everyone

Space Lottery marks the beginning of a new era in commercial space flight. A ticket will be only 15 euro and will give you a chance of 1 in 20.000 to win the life-changing experience of an XCOR spaceflight. Together we will support the future of human space exploration, and we will make dreams come true.

If you want to go to space for the price of a train ticket you should sign up for our newsletter so you'll be the first to know when we launch. This will be anyone’s best shot at becoming an astronaut, or to put it like Elon Musk (Tesla and Space X) said it: “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

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Jasper Versteege Founder
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Chiel Versteege Co-founder
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Chiel Versteege
We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas!
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Marc Köhlbrugge
@GioFaralley Interesting idea for a lottery and clever use of that "even if the odds are not in your favor" quote by Elon Musk. (although I'm not sure he was referring to lotteries hehe)

I guess the business model is raising 20,000 x €15 = €300,000 in ticket sales which would be about a 50% margin assuming a $150,000 price tag for the space flight. What if you don't sell 20,000 tickets, will there still be a winner or is the lottery contingent on selling enough tickets to cover your expenses? Will people be reimbursed if the lottery doesn't go through?

Wish you the best of luck. Hope you can get the PR flywheel moving as that's what will make or break a concept like this.
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Jasper Versteege
@marckohlbrugge Hi Mark, thanks! Pretty sure Elon Musk didn't mean it like that ;-).

The concept is totally transparent and fair , so there will always be a draw, even when the target of 20.000 tickets is not reached within six months. In that case the money reserved for the ticket into space will turn into the jackpot. There will always be a winner.

PR can definitely make or break, so feel free to spread the word :-). Will you join the lottery?
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Marc Köhlbrugge
@JTVersteege That makes a lot of sense. Sounds well thought out! I won't be entering myself as I'm too busy for space flight right now :D, but maybe next round.
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Jasper Versteege
@marckohlbrugge Too busy for space, that's one I haven't heard before :-).
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Axbm
@GioFaralley After waiting for approx. 10 seconds before a "Greetings" loading spinner, I've decided to give up.

(Im on a 150 MBit/s symmetric Internet connection in Germany)
 
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Jasper Versteege
@axbm Hi Axbm, thanks for notifying. Got the same feedback from other people as well, and removed the audio. Should be much better now!?
 
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Axbm
@JTVersteege No more sound _and_ faster loading time. Two benefits and no disadvantages. Awesome! Thanks a lot.
 
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Jasper Versteege
@axbm Your welcome, what do you think of the idea?
 
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Axbm
@JTVersteege Being from Germany, I like to listen to Podcasts with Alexander Gerst. So this Space thing is something that is interesting to me.
 
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Jasper Versteege
@axbm Alright, great! Well, stay tuned and you could be the one that gets up there for the price of a train ticket :-)
 
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