A follow up to Colonize the moon for 10 Million BTC, I now present;

Colonize the moon for 3,897,116.00 BTC

• The United States could lead a return of humans to the surface of the Moon within a period of 5–7 years from authority to proceed at an estimated total cost of about $10 billion (±30%) for two independent and competing commercial service providers, or about $5 billion for each provider, using partnership methods.
• The United States could lead the development of a permanent industrial base on the Moon of four private-sector astronauts in about 10–12 years after setting foot on the Moon that could provide 200 metric tonnes of propellant per year in lunar orbit for NASA for a total cost of about $40 billion (±30%). See Figure 1 for prototypical Moon base.

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