SpaceX Sells 82-Year-Old Billionaire a Starship Ride Around the Moon

Hmmm... I was looking into global poverty yesterday and came across this:

  Some figures from the United Nations Development Programme [*]:

    More than a billion people live with less than a dollar per day.
    2.8 billion people, that is to say almost half of the global population, live with less than 2 dollars per day.
    448 million children are underweight.
    876 million adults are illiterate, two thirds of which are women.
    Every day, 30,000 children under 5 die from avoidable diseases.
    More than a billion people don’t have access to healthy water.
    20% of the global population have 90% of the wealth.

I know the cost of a ride around the moon doesn't solve that, but it sure feels selfish when I think about it.

* https://www.atd-fourthworld.org/who-we-are/faq/how-many-peop...

Are they offereing to return Tito back to the Earth or is that an optional extra?

The title seems a little like clickbait.

I think it would have a different sentiment with:

"private space travel extends around moon"

"space tourist Dennis Tito now to travel around moon"

"Anika Tito to be first private female space traveler"

etc..