[acropolite (Phil)]

Why was Russia never interested in a moon mission

I watched a program I had taped just this evening, the Russians tried, apparently 17 missions but were unable to even get to the stage of having a man in orbit around the moon. If the doco is to be believed, there are plans to revisit that space program using the hardware developed by the Russians and funded by private enterprise, I seem to remember a suggested per seat price of $100 Million each. Space tourism already exists, at least one individual has paid for a ride to and stay on the ISS.

From Wikipedia

The publicized price for flights brokered by Space Adventures to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft have been US$ 20–35 million, during the period 2001-2009. Some of space tourists have signed contracts with third parties to conduct certain research activities while in orbit.