Elon Musk Will Take Japanese Billionaire to the Moon
Remember when SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teased his subscribers in Twitter about a mysterious passenger who would be the company’s first paying space tourist? Well, now we know his name. It’s Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, retail entrepreneur and art collector On September 17th, at a conference at SpaceX headquarters he announced that he had also secured tickets on this week-long space journey for several artists.
1. On Monday, Tesla & SpaceX CEO announced that 42-years old Yusaku Maezawa will be the first paying passenger on the BFR, SpaceX’s next-generation rocket. Whereas the spaceship is years away from its maiden voyage, Musk made it clear that journey around the moon will be implemented in real life not earlier than in 2023. Also, he highlighted that the vehicle will carry passengers only after several unmanned test flights.
2. Within an ambitious art project called Dear Moon Maezawa will invite a group of six to eight artists to share once-in-a-blue-moon journey. Japanese art-collector’s aim is to give the artists an inspiration to make groundbreaking works when they get back to Earth.
3. The artists and Maezawa himself will be travelling in SpaceX’s still-in-the-making tech marvel, the Big Falcon Rocket. The super heavy-lift launch vehicle is expected to stand 348 feet tall (Just for the notice the length of Statue of Liberty is 305 feet.) The BFS will be able to host about 100 passengers, providing plenty of space for other rich customers.
4. One of the biggest questions is how SpaceX is going to pay for its new costing-the-earth rocket. Musk has previously estimated that the BFR’s development could cost around $10 billion, but not so long ago he mentioned $5 billion. To add, Tesla CEO introduced the new billionaire crowdfunding approach of fixing money issues for the BFR’s construction.
The development of commercial space is an important step for humankind. This kind of precedents will pave the way for the necessary regulations for space tourism and consequently for the development of the whole commercial space in the future.
Remember when SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teased his subscribers in Twitter about a mysterious passenger who would be the company’s first paying space tourist? Well, now we know his name. It’s Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, retail entrepreneur and art collector On September 17th, at a conference at SpaceX headquarters he announced that he had also secured tickets on this week-long space journey for several artists.
1. On Monday, Tesla & SpaceX CEO announced that 42-years old Yusaku Maezawa will be the first paying passenger on the BFR, SpaceX’s next-generation rocket. Whereas the spaceship is years away from its maiden voyage, Musk made it clear that journey around the moon will be implemented in real life not earlier than in 2023. Also, he highlighted that the vehicle will carry passengers only after several unmanned test flights.
2. Within an ambitious art project called Dear Moon Maezawa will invite a group of six to eight artists to share once-in-a-blue-moon journey. Japanese art-collector’s aim is to give the artists an inspiration to make groundbreaking works when they get back to Earth.
3. The artists and Maezawa himself will be travelling in SpaceX’s still-in-the-making tech marvel, the Big Falcon Rocket. The super heavy-lift launch vehicle is expected to stand 348 feet tall (Just for the notice the length of Statue of Liberty is 305 feet.) The BFS will be able to host about 100 passengers, providing plenty of space for other rich customers.
4. One of the biggest questions is how SpaceX is going to pay for its new costing-the-earth rocket. Musk has previously estimated that the BFR’s development could cost around $10 billion, but not so long ago he mentioned $5 billion. To add, Tesla CEO introduced the new billionaire crowdfunding approach of fixing money issues for the BFR’s construction.
The development of commercial space is an important step for humankind. This kind of precedents will pave the way for the necessary regulations for space tourism and consequently for the development of the whole commercial space in the future.