Everything we know about SpaceX’s first moon passenger, Yusaku Maezawa

SpaceX revealed the first passenger its signed up to fly to the moon on Monday for one very expensive art project.

The Elon Musk-founded company will send 42-year-old Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa into deep space, but he doesn’t want to take the trip all on his own. The entrepreneur hopes to bring along “six to eight artists” who will capture the experience on a four to five day mission in 2023.

If all goes according to plan, Maezawa will be the first non-American to orbit the moon. 

Here’s what we know about him and his larger-than-life lunar ambitions:  Read more…

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