SpaceX to join the entrepreneur Dennis Tito on Starship around the moon

Asian Trade TV

3 years ago

The SpaceX flight’s approximately seven-week trip will see the rocket move within 200 km

Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Wednesday the first astronaut in the world Dennis Tito and his wife Akiko have committed to flying around the moon using SpaceX’s Starship rocket.Engineer and financial analyst turned engineer Tito, who was 82, was the first person of a private nature who paid for a space flight aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-32 mission in 2001 during which he spent more than 8 days aboard the International Space Station.

The SpaceX flight’s approximately one week journey will take the rocket within 200 km of the moon’s surface without touching the moon’s surface.

Tito as well as his spouse are the very first crew members to be announced as crew members to Starship’s second commercial space mission around the moon.

SpaceX has not yet announced an exact date for the launch of Starship which is the main focus on Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Musk’s goal to take people and cargo to moon as well as Mars. The world’s wealthiest person has indicated that he wants to launch the rocket into launch for the first time soon in the next few months.

A few companies like SpaceX and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic (SPCE.N) are trying to bring space travel to the forefront and Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin currently offers sub-orbital thrill rides that reach an altitude of 350,000 feet (106 kilometers).