What billionaires are really doing in space

• Autores: Leah Crane
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3116, 2017, pág. 25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Crane talks about sending tourists around the moon. In 2018, two unnamed individuals will pay an undisclosed amount of money to billionaire space entrepreneur Elon Musk. In exchange, he will make them the first civilians to be launched around the moon. Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration, announced SpaceX. Musk has been clear about his goal for SpaceX from the start: he wants permanent human settlements on Mars and beyond. But even his billions won't be able to pay for all the R&D. The private takeover of space is galling to some, because US have conventionally led the charge in this arena