It’s a unique opportunity: an eccentric millionaire Japanese offers eight places to people from all over the world to accompany you a space tourism trip around the moon, scheduled for 2023 with SpaceX
Yusaku Maezawa, 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 space company of Elon Musk, for an amount that has not been disclosed.
Initially, she had to find a friend for her trip around the moon, through a strange contest targeting “single women over 20 years old. But after that. changed plans, after he received 30,000 applications, and announced that he would invite six or eight performers
But in a video posted Wednesday, the 45-year-old millionaire ultimately opted for a much broader nomination process because he believes that “anyone who does something creative can be called an artist.”
“I invite you to join me on this mission. Eight of you from around the world‘he declared.’ I bought all seats so it will be a private trip. ‘
What profile are you looking for for the journey to the moon?
Candidates only need to meet two criteria: Be willing to “push the boundaries of creativity” and help other crew members do the same.
In total, about 10 or 12 people will participate in the expedition that aims to go around the moon, Maezawa said. According to the calendar, potential astronauts will register before March 14 and the first selection is made a week later.
Elon Musk “very convinced”
No dates have been announced for the next stages – a “mission and an online meeting”. but the final interviews and medical examinations are scheduled for the end of May 2021, according to the Millionaire’s website.
Maezawa and his companions will become the first lunar travelers since the last US mission Apollo in 1972, if SpaceX succeeds in executing this project. Two prototypes of his missile Starship they have crashed on landing in recent months.
I am very confident that we will reach orbital level with Starship before 2023 and that safety will be enough for a human flight in 2023. It’s very promising, ” said Elon Musk in the video released by Maezawa on Wednesday.
What is the first mission for tourism purposes?
Space X anticipates the launch of its first mission of spatial tourism by the end of 2021, in low Earth orbit. This mission, called Inspiration4, is made thanks to the reusable space shuttle Falcon 9 and the space vehicle Crew Dragon the SpaceX, already used by the NASA
The American millionaire will participate in this mission Jared Isaacman, which has also offered three seats next to it. The first Chosen One, announced in late February, is a 29-year-old American, recovered from childhood cancer.