Is James Cameron Heading for the Moon?
‘Avatar’ director rumored to have bought first ticket to the moon, Newscore
“The first of two $150 million tickets for a pioneering tourist mission to the moon was off the market Sunday, and its owner was rumored to be the world-famous “Avatar” director James Cameron. Space Adventures, the American company offering the trip scheduled for 2015, said only that the buyer of the ticket was a “well-known” personality. The expedition will begin aboard a Soyuz spaceship launched from Kazakhstan.”
‘Avatar’ director targets spaceflight, MSNBC
“Space Adventures says one high-profile client has already made a reservation. And although the identity of that client is a closely held secret, The Sunday Times of London reports that Cameron is “the name said to be in the frame.” The Times quotes unnamed associates of Cameron as saying he’s been talking with NASA as well as the Russian space agency about mounting a 3-D camera on the space station to shoot a documentary patterned after “Aliens of the Deep,” Cameron’s film about the deep ocean. “The technology is very similar, and Jim is fascinated by outer space,” one source told the Times. “But the cameras have to be made a lot lighter than current models.”
Hmmm….
The argument against this is that Cameron has 4 Avatar sequels he’s filming in NZ for release in December(s) 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023.