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The Falcon Heavy will have three boosters instead of one, and 27 engines instead of nine, all of which must ignite simultaneously. No one will be aboard the initial flights. When it comes time to add people, Musk said: \u201cNo question, whoever\u2019s on the first flight, brave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX plans to fly two paying customers to the moon late next year using a Falcon Heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/articles\/court-dismisses-suit-against-darpa-program\">Court dismisses Orbital ATK suit against DARPA<\/a>]<\/i><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the moon may not be in Musk\u2019s personal travel plans, he said in response to a question that he\u2019d like to ride one of his smaller Falcon rockets to the International Space Station in maybe three or four years. 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SpaceX now uses the Dragon capsule to deliver supplies to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll right, we\u2019ll put you on the manifest,\u201d said NASA\u2019s space station program manager Kirk Shireman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking for more than an hour at the Washington conference, Musk encouraged people to go to Cape Canaveral for the Falcon Heavy launch. \u201cIt\u2019s guaranteed to be exciting,\u201d he promised, getting a big laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of risk associated with Falcon Heavy, real good chance that that vehicle does not make it to orbit,\u201d he said. \u201cMajor pucker factor, really, is like the only way to describe it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building the Falcon Heavy has proven harder than SpaceX envisioned, according to Musk. 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