you just got my vote. good luck. it's #1 on my bucket list too.

Well, presumably after spending a week with the Monroe Institute you might become equipped to do some Tom Campbell style OBE exploration of other realities.

A little cheaper and possibly a little safer.

But, hey, on a somewhat serious note, there is also a couple of guys in Denmark that have an open source approach to achieving space flight underway:

Crazy DIY Spaceflight

Their goal is to eventually send a human being to the edge of space.

Now I'm not so enthused with the idea of sending people to space on a shoe string budget. However, I think the perfect project for our age is to attempt to send a robot to the moon.

Perhaps a way to sell donation support is offer sponsors some personal drive time with the robot. Or put a plack on the moon with their name on it. Get the idea...