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Monday, 27 February 2017

Bang ! Zoom ! Straight to the Moon

Ambitious.

We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the Moon late next year. They have already paid a significant deposit to do a Moon mission. Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration. We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initial training later this year. Other flight teams have also expressed strong interest and we expect more to follow. Additional information will be released about the flight teams, contingent upon their approval and confirmation of the health and fitness test results.

http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year
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5 comments:

  1. Winchell Chung27 February 2017 at 23:16

    Is that thing even man-rated yet? I thought that took years to do.

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  2. Dogmatic Pyrrhonist (Tiktaalik Dreaming)28 February 2017 at 09:00

    Ian Rawlings optional. :-)

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  3. Rhys Taylor28 February 2017 at 09:07

    Space tourists space flight participants astronauts sacrificial victims....

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  4. Dogmatic Pyrrhonist (Tiktaalik Dreaming)28 February 2017 at 09:17

    Winchell Chung no, but they have been working on it. Not sure when they started. It may be volunteer rated.

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  5. Dogmatic Pyrrhonist (Tiktaalik Dreaming)28 February 2017 at 10:10

    Maybe they hope trump wants to go.

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