Musk Signs Up Mystery Passenger to Take Rocket Trip Around Moon
- Person’s identity to be revealed on Sept. 17, SpaceX says
- CEO tweets Japanese flag emoji when asked about the traveler
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Elon Musk’s rocket company signed up its first passenger for a flight around the moon, taking a giant leap toward commercializing space travel.
The person’s identity will be revealed on Monday, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. said in a tweet. Asked whether he’d be the first passenger, Musk -- who’s also the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. -- posted an emoji of a Japanese flag.