Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has selected eight people as crew members for his private flight around the moon on a SpaceX spaceship.
Yusaku Maezawa, a 47-year-old who made his fortune in retail fashion, first launched plans for the moon mission in 2018, buying all the seats on the spaceship. It will be the first of its kind by the Elon Musk-owned company.
The other four are British photographer Karim Illiya, Indian actor Dev Joshi, Czech artist Yemi AD and Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam. Maezawa made the announcement on Friday viaand the dearMoon Project website, after he tweeted last week saying he held an online meeting with SpaceX founder Elon Musk and that his "major announcement about space" was underway.
"When I finally see the moon closer I look forward to my personal growth and returning to the earth as an artist with an inspiration," he said."It still hasn’t even sunk in yet — and I’ve known for quite awhile," he added. In a statement, Maezawa said they received applications from about 1 million people "from all around the world."
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