A drawing provided by Inspiration Mars shows the spacecraft envisioned to travel to Mars and back in 2018. (©Inspiration Mars via AP photos)

Looking for honeymoon ideas? Let a wacky millionaire send you to Mars

2/28/2013

If you’re married and looking for some serious alone time with your spouse, millionaire Dennis Tito has the opportunity of a lifetime for you: a trip to Mars. Tito, who paid a reported $20 million in 2001 for a trip to space aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, has started Inspiration Mars Foundation, a nonprofit project designed to offer a flyby of the Red Planet in 2018. And to offset the solo blues during the 501-day round-trip, Tito’s proposing an intimate couples’ getaway. "When you're out that far and the Earth is a tiny, blue pinpoint," said Tito, "you're going to need someone you can hug." [Source]

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