Elon Musk unveils first tourist for SpaceX 'Moon loop' www.bbc.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 5 years, 7 months ago in Science & Technology

Elon Musk's company SpaceX has unveiled the first private passenger it plans to fly around the Moon.

Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, 42, announced: "I choose to go to the Moon."

He is expected to lift off on the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a launch system that was unveiled by Mr Musk in 2016.