A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket around the Moon as early as 2023, and he plans to bring six to eight artists along.
Maezawa, 42, will be the first lunar traveler since the last US Apollo mission in 1972. He paid an unspecified amount of money for the privilege.
“Ever since I was a kid, I have loved the Moon,” Maezawa said at SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory in Hawthorne, California, in the middle of metropolitan Los Angeles, late Monday.
“This is my lifelong dream.”
He added: “I choose to go to the Moon… with artists!”
He said he wanted to invite artists from various fields including painters, sculptors, photographers, musicians, film directors, fashion designers and architects.
“If you should hear from me, please say yes and accept my invitation. Please don’t say no!,” Maezawa…
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