{"id":16755,"date":"2018-09-17T17:04:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T21:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16755"},"modified":"2018-09-17T17:04:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T21:04:47","slug":"spacex-to-present-plan-to-fly-paying-passenger-around-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16755","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to present plan to fly paying passenger around the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight Sept. 17, 2018,\u00a0 at 6:00 pm PDT (9:00 pm EDT), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> will hold an event to lay out the company&#8217;s plan to fly a private passenger around the Moon on the next-generation, fully-reusable <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BFR_(rocket)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big &#8220;Falcon&#8221; Rocket or BFR<\/a>. According to\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1040397262248005632\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX on Twitter:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;SpaceX has signed the world\u2019s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle\u2014an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space. Find out who\u2019s flying and why on Monday, September 17.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16756\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bfr1_moon1_nosolar_all_engines.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3840,2160\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BFR on the circling the Moon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bfr1_moon1_nosolar_all_engines-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16756\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bfr1_moon1_nosolar_all_engines-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bfr1_moon1_nosolar_all_engines-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bfr1_moon1_nosolar_all_engines-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bfr1_moon1_nosolar_all_engines-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the webcast here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1041502479878242305\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX on Twitter:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Meet BFR\u2019s first private passenger tomorrow [Monday Sept.19.2018] at 6:00 p.m. PDT \u2192\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/spacex.com\/webcast\" href=\"https:\/\/spacex.com\/webcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/spacex.com\/webcast\">spacex.com\/webcast<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zu7WJD8vpAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A couple of artist&#8217;s views of the BFR in flight (click for larger versions):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DnRWQtPU4AAE1jj.jpg:large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16757\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1276,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BFR launching\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1-638x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16757\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1-638x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1-638x1024.jpg 638w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1-768x1233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_1.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DnRWgQmVYAAclo-.jpg:large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16758\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BFR in flight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16758\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BFR-UpdatedDesign-Sept17-2018_2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; 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According to\u00a0\u00a0SpaceX on Twitter: &#8220;SpaceX has signed the world\u2019s first private passenger to fly around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16755\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SpaceX to present plan to fly paying passenger around the Moon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,5,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-rockets","category-spaceflight-parabolic-flight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4mf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16779,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16779","url_meta":{"origin":16755,"position":0},"title":"Videos: The evolution of the BFR and flying artists around the Moon","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of interesting and informative videos about the SpaceX BFR and the lunar fly-by announced on Monday: **\u00a0\"Why does SpaceX keep changing the BFR?\" -\u00a0 Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut: Elon Musk updated the world with the plans for SpaceX's BFR at SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne. 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