Japanese billionaire recruits 8 people to travel to the Moon at SpaceX

Input 2021.03.03 17:20

“Don’t worry about the cost. I’m looking for someone to travel to the moon with.”

US IT media The Verge reported on the 2nd (local time) that a Japanese billionaire is looking for eight companions to travel with SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft.

Yusaku Maezawa, founder of Japan’s largest online shopping mall Jojo Town, announced on YouTube that it is recruiting companions from various backgrounds to travel to the moon aboard SpaceX’s spacecraft, which is scheduled to fly in 2023.

Maezawa announced in 2018 as the first passenger of SpaceX Starship, and announced the “Dear Moon Project, which recruits 6 to 8 artists to travel with. However, he recently said that all those who do creative work are artists, and that he will expand the range of participants.

Maezawa, famous for being a geek, recruited a “female companion” to accompany her to the moon in 2020 and received 27,722 applications, but suddenly withdrew this plan for “personal reasons”.

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Starship is SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft designed to transport humans and up to 100 tons of cargo into space. One of two recent high-altitude tests flew to a height of 7.8 miles from SpaceX’s Starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Both of these tests Explosion during landing attemptdid.

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