A thread for thoughts on launching a cubesat or tubesat (micro-satellite) in low Earth orbit (LEO), and then sneaking off to the Moon instead of decaying back to Earth : Launching the sat for $8K-$15K (£6k-£11.5K) : http://www.interorbital.com/Cubesat Kits http://www.interorbital.com/Tubesat Kits First problem is leaving LEO, second problem is navigation.