Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX recently announced that it will be taking two tourists on a trip round the moon next year. The trip, scheduled close to the end of 2018, was requested by two very wealthy individuals who approached SpaceX with their desire for a weeklong cruise round the earth’s sparkly satellite. The tourists, who will undergo extensive training before the trip, have already put down a ‘substantial’ deposit and will spend a week in the specially designed Dragon 2 capsules. The expedition would take place after SpaceX begins flying crew to the International Space Station for NASA.
