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Elon Musk's SpaceX to name first passenger for moon voyage

By Eric M. Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Thom Baur/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, was set on Monday to name the first private passenger who will take a trip around the moon aboard its forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket spaceship, taking the race to commercialize space travel to new heights.

 

SpaceX said it will name the first passenger to travel to the moon since the United States' Apollo missions ended in 1972 at an event Monday evening at the company's headquarters and rocket factory in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne.

 

In moves typical of his publicity-seeking style, Musk, who is also the billionaire chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc <TSLA.O>, has already teased a few tantalizing details about the trip and the passenger's identity, but left major questions unanswered.

 

On Thursday, Musk tweeted a picture of a Japanese flag. He followed that up on Sunday with tweets showing new artist renderings of the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR, the super heavy-lift launch vehicle that Musk promises will shuttle the passenger to the moon and eventually fly humans and cargo to Mars, using the hashtag #OccupyMars.

 

While the BFR has not been built yet, Musk has said he wants the rocket to be ready for an unpiloted trip to Mars in 2022, with a crewed flight in 2024, though his ambitious production targets have been known to slip.

 

It was unclear whether SpaceX plans a lunar orbit mission or a loop around the moon. Also unknown is how much the amateur astronaut will pay for the trip.

 

With SpaceX, Amazon.com <AMZN.O> founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic battling it out to launch private-sector spacecraft, the SpaceX passenger will join a growing list of celebrities and the ultra-rich who have secured seats on flights offered on the under-development vessels.

 

Those who have signed up to fly on Virgin Galactic sub-orbital missions include actor Leonardo DiCaprio and pop star Justin Bieber. A 90-minute flight costs $250,000.

 

Short sightseeing trips to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket are likely to cost around $200,000 to $300,000, at least to start, Reuters reported in July.

 

SpaceX has already upended the space industry with its relatively low-cost reusable Falcon 9 rockets. The company has completed more than 50 successful Falcon launches and snagged billions of dollars' worth of contracts, including deals with NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.

 

SpaceX in February transfixed a global audience with the successful test launch of its Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world.

 

SpaceX previously announced plans to eventually use Falcon Heavy to launch paying space tourists on a trip around the moon, but Musk said in February he was inclined to reserve that mission for the BFR.

 

(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Los Angeles; Additonal reporting by Sam Nussey in Tokyo; Editing by Leslie Adler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-18

 

[pegman]

If there was to be a malfunction my top 3 list in order of preference would be:

1) Trump

2) Bieb's

3) Musk

[HLover]

15 minutes ago, pegman said:

If there was to be a malfunction my top 3 list in order of preference would be:

1) Trump

2) Bieb's

3) Musk

Edited September 17, 2018 by HLover
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[Lungstib]

Vern Unsworth?

[pegman]

21 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

Vern Unsworth?

555, could be a complimentary ticket. Vern should turn it around on eBay

[Andrew Dwyer]

Vern Unsworth?

One way ?

[webfact]

SpaceX's first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa

By Eric M. Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: Yusaku Maezawa, the chief executive of Zozo, which operates Japan's popular fashion shopping site Zozotown and is officially called Start Today Co, speaks at an event launching the debut of its formal apparel items, in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

 

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) - SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, on Monday named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo.

 

A former drummer in a punk band, billionaire Maezawa will take a trip around the moon aboard its forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket spaceship, taking the race to commercialize space travel to new heights.

 

The first passenger to travel to the moon since the United States' Apollo missions ended in 1972, Maezawa's identity was revealed at an event Monday evening at the company's headquarters and rocket factory in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne.

 

In moves typical of his publicity-seeking style, Musk, who is also the billionaire chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc, had previously teased a few tantalizing details about the trip and the passenger's identity, but left major questions unanswered.

 

On Thursday, Musk tweeted a picture of a Japanese flag. He followed that up on Sunday with tweets showing new artist renderings of the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR, the super heavy-lift launch vehicle that Musk promises will shuttle the passenger to the moon and eventually fly humans and cargo to Mars, using the hashtag #OccupyMars.

 

While the BFR has not been built yet, Musk has said he wants the rocket to be ready for an unpiloted trip to Mars in 2022, with a crewed flight in 2024, though his ambitious production targets have been known to slip.

 

SpaceX plans a lunar orbit mission. It was not clear how much Maezawa paid for the trip.

 

Maezawa made his fortune by founding the wildly popular shopping site Zozotown. His company Zozo, officially called Start Today Co Ltd, also offers a made-to-measure service using a polka dot bodysuit, the Zozosuit.

 

With SpaceX, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic battling it out to launch private-sector spacecraft, the SpaceX passenger will join a growing list of celebrities and the ultra-rich who have secured seats on flights offered on the under-development vessels.

 

Those who have signed up to fly on Virgin Galactic sub-orbital missions include actor Leonardo DiCaprio and pop star Justin Bieber. A 90-minute flight costs $250,000.

 

Short sightseeing trips to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket are likely to cost around $200,000 to $300,000, at least to start, Reuters reported in July.

 

SpaceX has already upended the space industry with its relatively low-cost reusable Falcon 9 rockets. The company has completed more than 50 successful Falcon launches and snagged billions of dollars' worth of contracts, including deals with NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.

 

SpaceX in February transfixed a global audience with the successful test launch of its Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world.

 

SpaceX previously announced plans to eventually use Falcon Heavy to launch paying space tourists on a trip around the moon, but Musk said in February he was inclined to reserve that mission for the BFR.

 

(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Los Angeles; Additonal reporting by Sam Nussey in Tokyo; Editing by Leslie Adler and Richard Pullin)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-18

[Andrew Dwyer]

SpaceX's first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa
By Eric M. Johnson
 

FILE PHOTO: Yusaku Maezawa, the chief executive of Zozo, which operates Japan's popular fashion shopping site Zozotown and is officially called Start Today Co, speaks at an event launching the debut of its formal apparel items, in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
 
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) - SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, on Monday named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo.
 
A former drummer in a punk band, billionaire Maezawa will take a trip around the moon aboard its forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket spaceship, taking the race to commercialize space travel to new heights.
 
The first passenger to travel to the moon since the United States' Apollo missions ended in 1972, Maezawa's identity was revealed at an event Monday evening at the company's headquarters and rocket factory in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne.
 
In moves typical of his publicity-seeking style, Musk, who is also the billionaire chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc, had previously teased a few tantalizing details about the trip and the passenger's identity, but left major questions unanswered.
 
On Thursday, Musk tweeted a picture of a Japanese flag. He followed that up on Sunday with tweets showing new artist renderings of the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR, the super heavy-lift launch vehicle that Musk promises will shuttle the passenger to the moon and eventually fly humans and cargo to Mars, using the hashtag #OccupyMars.
 
While the BFR has not been built yet, Musk has said he wants the rocket to be ready for an unpiloted trip to Mars in 2022, with a crewed flight in 2024, though his ambitious production targets have been known to slip.
 
SpaceX plans a lunar orbit mission. It was not clear how much Maezawa paid for the trip.
 
Maezawa made his fortune by founding the wildly popular shopping site Zozotown. His company Zozo, officially called Start Today Co Ltd, also offers a made-to-measure service using a polka dot bodysuit, the Zozosuit.
 
With SpaceX, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic battling it out to launch private-sector spacecraft, the SpaceX passenger will join a growing list of celebrities and the ultra-rich who have secured seats on flights offered on the under-development vessels.
 
Those who have signed up to fly on Virgin Galactic sub-orbital missions include actor Leonardo DiCaprio and pop star Justin Bieber. A 90-minute flight costs $250,000.
 
Short sightseeing trips to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket are likely to cost around $200,000 to $300,000, at least to start, Reuters reported in July.
 
SpaceX has already upended the space industry with its relatively low-cost reusable Falcon 9 rockets. The company has completed more than 50 successful Falcon launches and snagged billions of dollars' worth of contracts, including deals with NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.
 
SpaceX in February transfixed a global audience with the successful test launch of its Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
 
SpaceX previously announced plans to eventually use Falcon Heavy to launch paying space tourists on a trip around the moon, but Musk said in February he was inclined to reserve that mission for the BFR.
 
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Los Angeles; Additonal reporting by Sam Nussey in Tokyo; Editing by Leslie Adler and Richard Pullin)
  -- [emoji767] Copyright Reuters 2018-09-18

Hope we get a chance to see Mr Maezawa pounding out some punk music on his drums , wearing a polka dot bodysuit, whilst circumnavigating the moon !!
Something that not many can claim to have done !!

[richard_smith237]

13 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Hope we get a chance to see Mr Maezawa pounding out some punk music on his drums , wearing a polka dot bodysuit, whilst circumnavigating the moon !!
Something that not many can claim to have done !!

Well, he is rockin' his air-guitar in the above photo... 

[than]

I hope he has a cancellation option for this hypothetical travel....

[sevenhills]

All lies, it will never happen unless they do it in CGI  ??? 

[TPI]

1 hour ago, sevenhills said:

All lies, it will never happen unless they do it in CGI  ??? 

555555555, from the flat earth disk, put the rocket on the edge and use the spin to get it started??

[Srikcir]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Yusaku Maezawa

... is planning to take six to eight artists with him [chosen from a pool of painters, photographers, musicians, film directors, fashion designers, and architects from around the world], and he won't be charging them for the ride.

Maezawa is currently dating Japanese actress Ayame Goriki. No word yet on whether she'll get a seat to the moon.

https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/18/technology/yusaku-maezawa-spacex/index.html

[nausea]

Reminds me of my own personal Aunt Sally in my first office job - " if wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets". Never quite got it, but I'm sure there's some wisdom there.

[SOTIRIOS]

...Musk used to be driven by pure passion...

 

...then he discovered that all the relevant industries have him by the !@#$%^s....

 

...he is having difficulty casting aside his self-respect and integrity.....

 

***

 

....except for the recent case of personal mud-slinging perhaps....

 

***

 

...but he has come to realize...you either conform or.....

 

***

 

...you know I understand Elon...look me up...