An American aerospace manufacturer on Monday announced plans to send two tourists on an orbit around the moon by the end of 2018.
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, has already selected the two people who will take part in the project, according to a press release from the company. CEO Elon Musk told reporters at a press conference on Monday afternoon that the two people know each other, are not celebrities and will be funding the trip out of their own pocketbooks.
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