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First space tourist plans 2018 Mars trip
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Dennis Tito, multimillionaire and founder of the non-profit Inspiration Mars Foundation, plans to partner with SpaceX to send a two-person crew on a Mars fly-by in 2018. (File/UPI Photo/NASA) | License Photo
Dennis Tito, multimillionaire and founder of the non-profit Inspiration Mars Foundation, will host a press conference on Feb. 27 detailing his “Mars-shot” plan. He became the world’s first space tourist in 2001, when he spent a little over a week living on board the International Space Station, reportedly spending $20 million for his adventure.
He intends to hire Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, to send a spaceship beyond low-Earth orbit. According to a NewSpace Journal report based on an Inspiration Mars paper detailing the proposed mission, a modified SpaceX Dragon capsule will be the spaceship of choice, launched on the Falcon Heavy rocket currently in development.
january 5, 2018. it is being organized by dennis tito, an american entrepreneur. in 2001 he became the first space tourist when he paid $20 million to visit the international space station. the russians brought him up. now his mission is to get a man and woman on mars in five years. he is the chairman of the inspiration mars foundation. dennis, why mars? why not you? first of all, not me because there is a special requirement for the crew that goes way beyond my talents. we need a younger crew, not too young. maybe in the mid 50 s. but a crew with exceptional mechanical ability because they re going to have to be preparing and over hauling the equipment on board the spacecraft for 501 days. brian: do you believe a man and woman and maybe a husband and wife because