SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed that Yusaku Maezawa will be the first paying customer to travel to the moon.
Yusaku Maezawa — a Japanese billionaire — has booked a 4-5 day trip around the moon on SpaceX’s BFR (Big Falcon Rocket).
The announcement was streamed live on Tuesday SA time.
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Lasting about a week, the journey will come as close as 125 miles to the Moon’s surface before completing lunar transit and returning back to Earth. pic.twitter.com/1P4HSHxaNU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 18, 2018
The first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard BFR is fashion innovator and globally recognized art curator Yusaku Maezawa.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 18, 2018
