Japanese billionaire announces passengers first commercial SpaceX moon trip

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa reveals who will be joining him on SpaceX’s first commercial lunar journey. These include American DJ Steve Aoki, American YouTuber Tim Dodd and South Korean rapper TOP.

In addition to the above persons, the British and Irish photographers Karim Iliya and Rhiannon Adam, the American filmmaker Brendan Hall, the Indian actor Dev Joshi and the Czech artist Yemi AD will also be participating. The spare places are allocated to the Japanese dancer Miyu and the American snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington. have in total over a million people signed up for the trip.

Because Maezawa bought all available seats, he can choose who travels with him. The journey should take about six days and is scheduled for 2023. It will use the Starship rocket, which is currently being finalized. The crew will travel within 200 kilometers of the lunar surface, SpaceX said.

In 2018 it was announced that Maezawa was the first paying tourist for a trip around the moon. The Japanese owes his fortune, among other things, to his fashion brand Zozo. He previously spent twelve days on the ISS space station.