Space tourists will have to wait as SpaceX plans bigger rocket

Two people had approached the company about a flight around the moon 50 years after Apollo 8

The successful maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday should have paved the way for an audacious mission to send a pair of tourists around the moon later in the year.

But Elon Musk, SpaceX's chief executive, said on Monday that the company would delay such endeavours in favour of developing a larger rocket.