---
title: "SpaceX Is Teasing Mysterious “Private Passenger” Spaceflights"
description: "The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company is teasing newambitions — with a line on its site inviting questions about a \"private passenger\" program."
date: "2020-05-26"
modified: "2020-05-26"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-teasing-mysterious-passenger-spaceflights"
categories:
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "space"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "the digest"
---

# SpaceX Is Teasing Mysterious “Private Passenger” Spaceflights

![The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company is teasing newambitions — with a line on its site inviting questions about a "private passenger" program.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SpaceX-Private-Passenger-Spaceflight-Services.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: SpaceX\</em\>*

## Travel Agency

SpaceX is going to [attempt to make history this week](<https://futurism.com/watch-spacex-crew-dragon-launch-nasa-astronauts>) by becoming the first private company to launch astronauts into orbit.

And simultaneously, the Elon Musk-led spaceflight company is teasing even greater ambitions — with a [new line on its site](<https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/>), added last week, that invites visitors to submit questions about a mysterious "private passenger" program.

"For inquiries about our private passenger program," it reads, "contact sales@spacex.com."

## Space Adventures

SpaceX has previously alluded to ambitions of launching tourists into space, in addition to government astronauts.

Earlier this year, for instance, it [announced a partnership](<https://spaceadventures.com/space-adventures-announces-agreement-with-spacex-to-launch-private-citizens-on-the-crew-dragon-spacecraft/>) with a company called Space Adventures to provide the "first orbital space tourism experience provided entirely with American technology." And back in 2018, it [said it had struck a deal](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-moon-bfr-passenger>) with a Japanese billionaire to take an excursion around the Moon on what it's now calling its Starship spacecraft.

## Big Tease

It's unclear whether the new line is an allusion to ongoing projects like those, or whether it represents something new for the spacetech venture — or, for that matter, whether it's just flexing in anticipation of its launch this week.

SpaceX didn't reply to a request for comment about the new line on its site.

***More on SpaceX:*** [*SpaceX Wins Large NASA Contract for Starship Moon Missions*](<https://futurism.com/spacex-nasa-contract-starship-moon-missions>)

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
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