SpaceX Signs First Private Passenger to Fly Around the Moon
16 September 2018 16:14 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Elon Musk’s space transportation company SpaceX said it has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the moon aboard its BFR launch vehicle.
“Find out who’s flying and why on Monday, September 17,” SpaceX said in a tweet on Thursday.
In typical Musk & Co. fashion, there is a secret which accompanies the news: SpaceX will hold the identity of its passenger from the public until Monday, Sept. 17. When asked if Musk would be the person aboard the flight, he responded simply by posting an emoji of a Japanese flag. Assuming no other flights beat SpaceX to its goal and the person aboard isn't a repeat flyer (which has happened only once), the individual aboard SpaceX's first private flight will be the eighth-ever space tourist to leave the Earth's exosphere.
REUTERS