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Elon Musk Says SpaceX’s New Falcon Heavy Rocket Unlikely to Carry Astronauts

Revised strategy sees an unmanned future for the Falcon Heavy boosting the large spy satellites into orbit

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Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX—Space Exploration Technologies—said it plans to take tourists on a trip around the moon in as little as two years, after it starts ferrying NASA astronauts to the international space station. Photo: SpaceX/EPA (Originally Published February 28, 2017)

Elon Musk said his Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has essentially shelved plans to use its Falcon Heavy rocket to transport humans around the Moon or deeper into space, opting instead to focus on developing an even larger booster announced just last year.

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