Spacex announced during the starship streaming webcast last night that there will be a Private Mars Flyby: A prominent entrepreneur and cryptocurrency billionaire, Chun Wang, has announced plans to lead the first private crewed Starship flyby of Mars. Before flying around Mars, he is slated to participate in a circumlunar (Moon) mission aboard Starship.
They also talked about how SpaceX is preparing for uncrewed Starship missions to Mars, which will serve as precursors to human flyby operations. A private crewed Mars flyby mission is also in development, backed by a cryptocurrency billionaire. However, exact dates for these private crewed flyby missions are still being formalized.
