Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has bought the right to be SpaceX’s first lunar tourist on a mission planned for 2023, but he will not go it alone. Maezawa bought all the seats on the flight and announced that he had to choose eight people to embark on the week-long journey with him (and two or three others) around the Moon. You have until March 14 to pre-register on the dearMoon website before you get the “first show” by the 21st.
It is not surprising that a few more steps can be taken thereafter for potential candidates, but with the root to possibly visit the Moon in a few years, we expect that there will be many applicants. Maezawa initially looked at bringing in artists, but now says there are two criteria for potential travel companions. One is that they can print the envelope of everything they do to help people and society by undertaking this journey, and that they are willing and able to support their crew members in their ambitions.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, also appeared in the video, saying that the potential for safe transportation by 2023 looks “promising”, but given its relationship with deadlines, you can consider a flexible schedule as a third criterion for joining .