--- title: "Tourists on Space Station Say They’re Discussing Private Moon Mission" description: "To the Moon The first-ever all-civilian mission to the International Space Station is well underway — and several days into their extremely expensive journey, the group of space tourists are already yearning to go even further, price be damned. When asked during a Wednesday livestreamed event — which involved a group of kids at NASA’s […]" date: "2022-04-15" modified: "2022-04-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tourists-on-space-station-say-theyre-discussing-private-moon-mission" categories: - "Astronomy" - "Moon" - "Space" tags: - "moon" - "space tourism" - "SpaceX" - "the digest" --- # Tourists on Space Station Say They’re Discussing Private Moon Mission ![The first-ever all-civilian mission to the International Space Station is well underway — and the crew is already talking about wanting to go to the Moon.]() *\Image: NASA\* ## To the Moon The [first-ever all-civilian mission]() to the International Space Station is well underway — and several days into the extremely expensive journey, the group of space tourists are already yearning to go even further, price be damned. When asked during a Wednesday [livestreamed event]() — which involved a group of kids at NASA's Space Center in Houston asking the space tourists a slew of questions — if a private lunar mission is already in the works, crew member Larry Connor replied: "The short answer is, we’re all in, we’ve actually talked about that." "Universally, it’s a resounding yes, so please let the folks at NASA know that Ax-1 crew is up to the challenge," added Connor, a real estate mogul from Ohio. ## Big Ticket But while space tourism has made significant strides in recent years, in large part thanks to SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, traveling all the way to the Moon is a much larger undertaking. It could also end up costing even more than the already supremely expensive tickets to the ISS. Crew members of the most recent trip had to shell out an estimated $55 million each. We also still don't have a suitable spacecraft yet — but that may soon change once SpaceX has a chance to [test out its massive Starship spacecraft](). Spending a holiday on the Moon, or at least its orbit, is an exciting prospect. But as this month's launch has demonstrated, traveling to space is still prohibitively expensive — and that's just to get off the Earth's surface. **READ MORE:** [Ax-1's first all-private crew to space station would love a trip to the moon. 'The sights here are amazing.']() \[*Space.com*\] More on the mission: *[SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Private Mission to the Space Station]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()