#SpaceX will announce the first space tourists to be sent to the #Moon in the coming days. #Tourists will be transported by the company's #BFR rocket designed to transport #Mars to people.
#Elon Musk 's space company, SpaceX , is preparing to officially enter #space #tourism. Today the company makes an interesting announcement via #Twitter address, the Moon 'has announced that it agreed with the first passengers will be taken. The details of the name and journey of SpaceX's first lunar tourist will be announced next Monday.
The first tourist company to be brought to the Moon by Elon #Musk will be transported by the massive rocket BFR. BFR will go back to Earth after going to the Moon's orbit with his passengers and spending some time there. Throughout the mission, tourists will nohow land on the Moon's surface.
BFR, or the Musketeer's "#Interplanetary #Transportation #System", which Elon Musk introduced for the first time with the redesigned version, is now in the developmental stage at SpaceX centers. According to company president Gwynne Shotwell's weekly statement, BFR's first short flight tests will be made towards the end of 2019.
The BFR consists of two parts, one propulsion rocket and one "space ship", with a total length of 106 meters and a width of 9 meters. The giant colony carrier that takes power from the company's next-generation rocket motor Raptor will have the ultimate carrying capacity of 100 people, according to Musk's statements. It is expected that the spacecraft will be able to carry dozens of people to Mars this way in one go.
According to the news of the hardware, it is unclear at exactly when the task will take place. Detailed information on this issue is expected to be given next Monday. However, it can be said that it is not possible to start Moon tourism flights before 2022-2023. First of all, the BFR rocket must be ready for flight and human transport in order to start the missions. This requires at least 3-4 years.
The press conference to be held by Elon Musk will begin at 21.00 local time (Tuesday, 04.00 CET). Let's see what's going on at the Musk meeting.