
And now, it seems, he has far loftier goals.
Tito will host a press conference on Feb. 27 detailing his “Mars-shot†plan. But what is known is that he intends to hire Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, to blast a spaceship beyond low-Earth orbit. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket — that is currently in development — should fit the bill quite nicely. According to a NewSpace Journal report based on an Inspiration Mars paper detailing the proposed mission, a modified SpaceX Dragon capsule will be the spaceship of choice.
source : http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/space-tourist-mission-to-mars-in-2018-130221.htm