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Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch a crewed mission beyond the moon for two private paying customers in 2018, it has been revealed.
http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/...rewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year
The identity of the customers and how much they paid has been kept secret.
SpaceX expects the mission to take place some time in late 2018, after it sends a crewed NASA Dragon craft to the International Space Station.
The mission will use one of SpaceX's Dragon capsules, which will be modified to allow communications in deep space.
Musk said it would be roughly the cost of a crewed mission to the International Space Station, and that other flight crews have already expressed interest in later flights.
To complete the mission, the company will have to invest in deep space communication technology, which will also be important for the company's planned trips to Mars.
The Dragon will be capable of operating autonomously throughout the whole flight, but the passengers will be trained in emergency procedures.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which provided most of the funding for Dragon 2 development, is a key enabler for this mission, SpaceX said.
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-spacex-people-moon-year.html
http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/...rewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year
The identity of the customers and how much they paid has been kept secret.
SpaceX expects the mission to take place some time in late 2018, after it sends a crewed NASA Dragon craft to the International Space Station.
The mission will use one of SpaceX's Dragon capsules, which will be modified to allow communications in deep space.
Musk said it would be roughly the cost of a crewed mission to the International Space Station, and that other flight crews have already expressed interest in later flights.
To complete the mission, the company will have to invest in deep space communication technology, which will also be important for the company's planned trips to Mars.
The Dragon will be capable of operating autonomously throughout the whole flight, but the passengers will be trained in emergency procedures.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which provided most of the funding for Dragon 2 development, is a key enabler for this mission, SpaceX said.
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-spacex-people-moon-year.html
