World’s 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon
He’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship, the world’s first space tourist who wants to go back only this time. To the International Space Station it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip, for Dennis Tito, 82, now that he’s retired with time on his hands. To the edge of space or repeating what he did 21 years ago he isn’t interested in hopping on a 10-minute flight. “Been there, done that.” His weeklong moonshot, within 125 miles (200 kilometers) of the lunar far side, its date to be determined and years in the future will bring him. To shell out big bucks for the ride his wife, Akiko, and 10 others willing, he’ll have company. His Russian station flight cost $20 million; Tito won’t say how much he’s paying. Ahead for Starship the couple recognize there’s a lot of testing and development still, a shiny, bullet-shaped behemoth that’s yet to even attempt to reach space. Tito said in an interview this week with The Associated Press “To complete this vehicle ...