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http://news.sky.com/story/spacex-to-fly-two-tourists-around-the-moon-next-y...


Sounds pretty exciting.
I wonder who it is that's got the golden tickets.


Only next year as well, so not long to wait.

 GrahamD 28 Feb 2017
In reply to Chive Talkin\':

Round the moon is deep space according to BBC Radio news this morning
In reply to GrahamD:

> Round the moon is deep space according to BBC Radio news this morning

Certainly deeper than we have been for some time

 hokkyokusei 28 Feb 2017
In reply to GrahamD:

> Round the moon is deep space according to BBC Radio news this morning

It's a free return trajectory, so they may well travel further away from the earth than anyone has done before, and quite possibly faster.
In reply to Chive Talkin\':

It will certainly be further evidence to show the conspiracy nuts that you can travel to the moon and travel through the Van Allen radiation belt , given speed and shielding.




 Pekkie 28 Feb 2017
In reply to Chive Talkin\':

> Only next year as well, so not long to wait.

Don't hold your breath. This depends on two major components that have yet to fly - the Falcon Heavy launcher and the Dragon 2 spacecraft - and Space X have a record of being wildly optimistic at first than experiencing long delays. Probably well after 2020. Still, would be fascinating if it happens.

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In reply to Chive Talkin\':

> I wonder who it is that's got the golden tickets.Only next year as well, so not long to wait.

Donald Trump and Theresa May: Mexico and the EU are crowdfunding it.

 wercat 28 Feb 2017
In reply to GrahamD:

That would date back to the 1960s - NASA established its Deep Space tracking network round the world to follow the progress of the [ahem, hoax] missions to the moon. Unfortunately the[ahem, hoax] transmissions were also received back from the moon by radio enthusiasts which would not have been possible if it had been a hoax.



 wercat 28 Feb 2017
In reply to tom_in_edinburgh:

If Farage was a passenger and we could see an inset of his face superimposed on footage of the trip it would look just like a Kerbal mission.
In reply to tom_in_edinburgh:

> Donald Trump and Theresa May: Mexico and the EU are crowdfunding it.

Although that's funny . Just imagine them as ambassadors for humanity .
Interplanetary war would be on the books.

 Tony Jones 28 Feb 2017
In reply to tom_in_edinburgh:


> Donald Trump and Theresa May: Mexico and the EU are crowdfunding it.


Can I make a small contribution towards a single (outward) ticket for Nigel Farage.

In reply to Pekkie:

> Don't hold your breath. This depends on two major components that have yet to fly - the Falcon Heavy launcher. . . .

No problem!

youtube.com/watch?v=ceC-7dWHaPM&

Have a good trip!
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 Darron 28 Feb 2017
In reply to Chive Talkin\':

No matter what, the scale of the ambition behind it is breathtaking
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