A super rich businessman is all set to plan a trip to Mars!
The first tourist mission to Mars is being planned for 2018
and a multi-millionaire tycoon Dennis Tito; who is also a lover of astronomy,
is all set to privately fund his trip to Earth’s neighbor. The expedition is
being set up by Dennis Tito’s non-profit organization Inspiration Mars
Foundation. The tycoon is planning on announcing the news to the world next
week.
Dennis Tito is the first tourist to have planned his trip to
space and is now set to break his own record this new Mars expedition. The trip
is expected to last approximately 500 days and will commence in January 2018.
However, Tito will not land on the planet or even enter the planet’s orbit.
Dennis Tito is planning a return trip just around Mars. The cost of the trip is
yet to be disclosed. However, Dennis stated that the first tourist trip would
cost lesser than expected.
The mission will be done on a SpaceX Dragon space-craft and
will be launched on a Falcon Heavy Rocket. The space-craft reportedly can hold
2 persons and is a modern, barely furnished craft. The quarters will also be
relatively smaller.
Dennis became the first tourist in space when he boarded the
Soyuz TM-32 on a 8 day mission into space. The craft orbited the Earth 128
times during the mission and Dennis is said to have conducted experiments,
which helped him in work, aboard the space-craft.
Dennis Tito received much flak from NASA for his touristy
plans but that did not deter him before. He paid a whopping 20 million dollars
for his trip to space and even gave extensive interviews post the tour. This
time the stakes are much-higher and amounts we are sure, much larger! We wish
this space enthusiast all the best in his voyage!
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