Japanese billionaire looking for people who 'push the envelope' for moon flight - The Guardian

Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, needs to fill eight spare seats on the lunar spaceship being developed by SpaceX.

It’s the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world.

Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first man to book a spot aboard the lunar spaceship being developed by SpaceX.

In all, he said around 10 to 12 people will be on board the spaceship, which is expected to loop around the moon before returning to Earth.

Maezawa has previously made headlines with an online ad for a girlfriend to join him on his SpaceX flight – only to abruptly cancel the hunt, despite attracting nearly 30,000 applicants