Japanese Billionaire Seeking Eight Volunteers for Private Trip Around the Moon

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passengers on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

He had originally planned to invite artists for the weeklong voyage slated for 2023, Reuters reports.

The rejigged project will “give more people from around the globe the chance to join this journey. If you see yourself as an artist, then you are an artist,” Maezawa said.

The first stage of the selection process runs to March 14.

Maezawa is known for his collections of artworks and supercars, as well as for his cash-gifts due to which his Twitter account has the most followers in Japan.

Last year he launched a short-lived documentary search for a new girlfriend to join him on the trip before pulling out citing “mixed feelings.”

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