SpaceX to Fly Japanese Billionaire Around Moon

As part of its ongoing mission to privatize the miracle of space travel for the benefit of the ultra-wealthy, SpaceX has taken a reservation from Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to fly to the moon aboard the company’s Big Falcon Rocket, a model of spacecraft that the company is still in the process of developing.

This is BFR from @spacex #dearMoon pic.twitter.com/jZiu1RHqUN

— Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) September 18, 2018

The trip is currently slated for 2023.

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