Hello Tomorrow!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Tomorrow!
In a retrofuturistic world, a huckster named Jack Billings runs a small business of traveling salesmen who go door to door (on Earth) selling timeshares on the moon. Jack pays his staff with the payments, pockets the rest, and then moves on from town to town, with the fictional rocket launch for his customers to be brought to their fictional new homes being delayed further and further.
The whole thing's a scam. There's no ship (at first) there's no settlement (at first) and the pioneer living on the moon is a fraud.
Well, life imitates art:
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, but now it’s not happening.
Life at Sea Cruises says it had to cancel its three-year inaugural cruise because it doesn’t have a ship.
The voyage was originally due to depart from Istanbul on Nov. 1. After being postponed twice – and relocated to Amsterdam – the cruise is officially off.
Passengers are now out hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Some say they have nowhere to go, having sold or rented their homes in anticipation of the round-the-world voyage.
Life at Sea Cruises say it is working to refund passengers, but that will take a few months.
How much?
This much:
