Watch live: SpaceX to announce first lunar space tourist
SpaceX founder Elon Musk is set to announce the first private space passenger to fly around the moon on Monday evening.
Musk's announcement will be streamed live online. Coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET.
According to SpaceX, the mystery passenger will be carried on a trip
around around the moon on the aerospace company's next-generation
rocket, the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR.
The plans aren't exactly new. In 2017, SpaceX said two unnamed people
had put down large deposits to reserve a spot on the private lunar
flight. Originally, the Falcon Heavy -- which completed its first static
test fire earlier this year -- was scheduled to carry space tourists to
the moon and back.
Those plans were nixed. Now, if all goes as planned, passengers will by ferried by BFR.
As The Verge reported, it's not clear if the soon-to-be-announced
passenger is one of the original two to reserve a spot on the Falcon
Heavy flight.
Over the weekend, Musk shared new renderings of the Big Falcon Rocket. The drawings show the rocket in a slightly updated form.
According to Business Insider, Musk will give an update on the ongoing
construction of the BFR. Engineers are working on a BFR prototype at the
Port of Los Angeles.
The BFR is actually two components: a powerful booster and a passenger-carrying module, the Big Falcon Spaceship.
https://youtu.be/zu7WJD8vpAQ
In addition to carrying space tourists to the moon, Musk and SpaceX hope
BFR will assist in the establishment of a colony on Mars.
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