Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 18 Sep 2018, 06:01 am Print
Washington: SpaceX on Monday revealed that Japanese billionaire businessman Yusaku Maezawa is going to be their first tourist to space.
SpaceX tweeted: "The first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard BFR is fashion innovator and globally recognized art curator Yusaku Maezawa."
The first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard BFR is fashion innovator and globally recognized art curator Yusaku Maezawa.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 18, 2018
The aerospace company's CEO Elon Musk also tweeted: "Yusaku will be bringing 8 (brave) artists & cultural figures with him on the journey around the moon!."
The announcement was made by the company at its headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
I choose to go to the moon, with Artists. #dearMoon https://t.co/ivMypEcWBZ
— Yusaku Maezawa 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) September 18, 2018
The businessman also confirmed the proposed voyage and tweeted: "I choose to go to the moon, with Artists. #dearMoon."
Image: Elon Musk/Twitter
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