SpaceX going to the moon: 2 astronauts around the moon 2018

[Legend]

Yup @SpaceX is sending something/somone to the Moon pic.twitter.com/NLca2xLCj4

— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 27, 2017

Announcement is happening now.

edt:

Elon Musk announces SpaceX will launch a Dragon spacecraft with 2 people on board on a Falcon Heavy for a circumlunar mission in late 2018.

— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) February 27, 2017

http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year

[Xevross]

Ooh! When?

[Legend]

Ooh! When?

That tweet is literally it atm. Elon is being slow.

[Xevross]

That tweet is literally it atm. Elon is being slow.

Typical Elon

[Legend]

Typical Elon

Seems to be a private conference call and the first tweet wasn't supposed to come out.

Journalists will release the info at the end I guess.

[DD_Bwest]

omfg !!!!! holy yes!!!!!!! not ine right niw. but cant wait to be so i can look for everything

[Legend]

WOW

Holy shit. SpaceX says its going to send two people around the Moon in the 4th Q of 2018.

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) February 27, 2017

[Legend]

SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year | SpaceX

[DD_Bwest]

woah! crewed circum lunar.   and in less than 2 years

[Legend]

So you know how there was news of Trump wanting to send people around the moon in 2020?

Elon Musk: "Hold my beer"

[DD_Bwest]

reads like someone elses idea. and they had money to fund the idea lol really cool and a first step towards putting man back on its surface

[Legend]

reads like someone elses idea. and they had money to fund the idea lol really cool and a first step towards putting man back on its surface

Yeah it's two private citizens who want to go to the moon.

Who could they be?

James Cameron would be a good bet imo. Only three people have been to the bottom of the mariana trench and he's one of them. If he's developed a love for space, this would be right up his alley.

[Xevross]

Awesome stuff! I wonder what they're gonna do up there. It'd be quite funny if all this was just for two people to go and have a nice trip around the moon.