Billionaire Dennis Tito bought SpaceX Starship tickets to fly around the moon for himself and his wife.
The entrepreneur and his wife will be part of the third passenger space flight of the Elon Musk tech giant, SpaceX.
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NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Dennis Tito, the worlds first space tourist in 2001, speaks about his experiences as a space traveller at a press conference June 18, 2003 in New York City. Space Adventures Ltd., the company which brokered Tito's space flight, announced plans to launch the world's first privately funded mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Billionaire Dennis Tito Buys SpaceX Starship Ticket
As per the latest report by CNBC, the billionaire, Tito, previously flown as a private space tourist when he boarded a Russian rocket to go to the International Space Station or the ISS way back in 2001.
The 80-year-old entrepreneur is well-known as the first-ever space tourist. According to a news story by Space News, Tito spent roughly more than a week in space before returning to his home planet via the Soyuz spacecraft of Russia.
And this time, the billionaire is set to make his comeback to outer space.
Tito has reserved two seats in the upcoming passenger flight of SpaceX, wherein its Starship rocket would fly to the moon.
The first-ever space tourist, Tito, said in a press conference that he has "been wanting to go to the moon since [his] first trip to space."
CNBC reports that the billionaire is flying together with his wife, Aikiko, who is a pilot and a real estate investor. Given that, the news outlet notes that the couple is set to make a record as the first-ever married couple to have flown around the moon.
The entrepreneur reveals that there are still ten other seats on the Starship flight which are available for purchase.
How Much is the Starship Ticket?
A ticket to fly to space is assumingly astronomical in price, given that those buying tickets are well-known billionaires. However, when Tito was asked about the cost of the two seats on the Starship mission, he declined to disclose how much he spent on it, CNBC notes in its report.
The space venture of Musk, SpaceX, also failed to give details about the pricing of its tickets. However, the tech giant has confirmed that Tito and his wife are joining its second crewed mission to the moon.
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SpaceX Starship Mission
The tech behemoth has also confirmed that a dozen passengers are flying around the moon for its next Starship mission.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 05: In this handout photo provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on October 05, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
But it is worth noting that the schedule for the said flight has yet to be publicly announced. As of writing, SpaceX has only confirmed two passengers.
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