Apollo

Michaels was founded in 1973 and is owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management.

Reid Wiseman told a news conference that it was likely that his spacecraft would fly over large areas of the Moon that previous Apollo missions had never mapped.

"The singular workload at this scale is unheard of," says Mr Bizo, "it's such an extreme engineering challenge, it's like the Apollo programme."

Two of his known financial clients, CEO of retailer The Limited, Les Wexner, and the former Apollo Global Management CEO, Leon Black wrote notes in the book.

A graduate of Manchester School of Art and Apollo Painting School Fallon said it was "a very proud moment".