It’s a unique opportunity in life: an eccentric millionaire Japanese offers eight places for people from all over the world to accompany you a space tourism trip around the moon, planned for 2023 with SpaceX.
Yusaku Maezawa, The online fashion mogul, collector and patron of contemporary art, is the first private customer to book a flight on board Starship, the future habitable rocket developed by the aerospace company of Elon Musk, for an undisclosed amount.
Initially, she had to find a girlfriend for her trip to the moon, through a strange contest for “single women over 20 years old. But after changed plans after receiving 30,000 requests and announcing it would invite six or eight artists.
But in a video posted on Wednesday, the 45-year-old millionaire eventually opted for a much broader nomination process because he is convinced that “anyone who does something creative can be called an artist.”
“I invite you to join me for this mission. Eight of you from all over the world“He declared.” I bought all the seats, so it will be a private trip. “
What is the profile you are looking for for your trip to the moon?
Candidates will only have to meet two criteria: willing to “push the boundaries” of creativity and help other crew members do the same.
In all, about 10 or 12 people will take part in the expedition to circle the moon, Maezawa said. The calendar predicts that potential astronauts will register before March 14 and the first selection will be made a week later.
Elon Musk “very convinced”
No data were announced for the next stages – an “online mission and meeting”. but final interviews and medical examinations are scheduled for the end of May 2021, according to the millionaire’s website.
Maezawa and his comrades will become the first monthly travelers since the last American mission of Apollo in 1972, if SpaceX manages to accomplish this project. Two prototypes of his rocket Starship have crashed on landing in recent months.
“I am very convinced that we will reach the orbital level with Starship before 2023 and that safety will be enough for a human flight in 2023. It’s very promising, “Elon Musk said in a video Maezawa released Wednesday.
What is the first mission for tourism?
Space X plans to launch its first mission space tourism by the end of 2021, in low Earth orbit. This mission, called Inspiration4, will be accomplished thanks to the reusable space shuttle The Falcon 9 and the spacecraft SpaceX Dragon Crew, already used by GODMOTHER.
The American millionaire will participate in this mission Jared Isaacman, which also offered three seats next to it. The first to be announced, announced at the end of February, is a 29-year-old American, recovered from pediatric cancer.
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