Tuesday, September 18, 2018

SpaceX Names Passenger For Around The Moon Trip

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has unveiled the name of the person who has booked an around the Moon trip on its BFR rocket on Monday evening, saying that it's Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa. According to SpaceX, Maezawa has paid a "substantial" deposit on the trip on the yet-to-launch BFR, the SpaceX manned rocket which is being designed to take a large number of humans to space--and potentially, as far as Mars. According to SpaceX, Maezawa will also be taking eight "brave" artists and cultural figures on the journey around the moon, which is expected to take several days. SpaceX did not say how much Yusaka Maezawa will pay for the trip. Maezawa is the founder of Japanese fashion brand Zozo, which sells custom-fit clothing for its customers using what it calls a "size-free" clothing system. Maezawa has started taking applications from artists who would like to join him on the around-the-Moon journey, which will come after SpaceX has the opportunity to launch and prove out its BFR rocket system.

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