Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spacex-reveals-first-private-p.html
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Just don’t try to write it off as a business expense.
Aw, I was kind of hoping the first Earth Tourist to go over the moon would be some kind of Space Cow.
Now that that’s out of the way, who will be the first person to go to the moon via GoFundMe?
"If Pablo Picasso had been able to see the moon up-close, what kind of paintings would he have drawn?”
It would have been his moon period.
I believe this mission will be a first of sorts.
There have been several “go to the moon but don’t land” piloted missions, but AFAIK this will be the first planned* “go around once” figure 8 mission. The SpaceX ship won’t orbit the moon, just do a fly-by.
*Apollo 13 did a fly by orbit-once.
“It’s just a phase.”
Maybe he can somehow offset that against his bonus miles?
What a pity he’s so attractive. I would much prefer the first space tourist to be an obese sweaty man in an aloha shirt.
May have happened on one of those classified Shuttle missions. Experiment: Does milk curdle in micro-gravity?
Timing? In other news, Elon Musk is still a dick.
Duh, you’ve got to bring your golf clubs and hand in a documentation of your tee times and scores.
I was skeptical. But this could be a brilliant plan to rid the earth of billionaires.
No. Really - there’s a Mars colony all set up and waiting for you.
Musk working hard to open up space for the common man billionaire playboy.
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