Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced Thursday who will be allowed to travel around the moon with him. American DJ Steve Aoki is one of the lucky ones.
Four years ago it was announced that Maezawa was the first person ever to book a trip to the moon. She did it at SpaceX, the space company of American billionaire Elon Musk. Last year you announced that you would be giving away eight tickets to your space trip. People from all over the world could sign up.
In addition to Aoki, American YouTuber Tim Dodd, Czech artist Yemi AD and Indian actor Dev Joshi are also participating. Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam, his British colleague Karim Iliya, American director Brendan Hall and South Korean rapper TOP were also selected.
“I hope they realize the responsibilities that come with leaving Earth and traveling to the moon and back,” Maezawa said on Twitter. Youtube. He adds that the crew “will learn a lot from this experience.”
The space trip, which is expected to take about six days, is scheduled for 2023 with Starship. SpaceX is currently putting the finishing touches on that spacecraft. Musk has promised an orbit test flight by the end of this year.
Maezawa made his fortune selling clothes online. The billionaire is known for his love of space travel and carried in 2021 for just under two weeks in the space station.
