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SpaceX will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the Moon - ‘I choose to go to the Moon with artists!’

Posted by Neverland
Tags: spacex, cislunar orbit, bfr, art
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/17/17869990/elon-musk-spacex-lunar-mission-ticket-moon-passenger-bfr-falcon-yusaku-maezawa

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Published
Sep 18 2018
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  1. Neverland
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    Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa has bought a trip around the moon for himself and 8 artists. According to the live stream, Maezawa has already made a significant deposit on the trip. Here is...

    Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa has bought a trip around the moon for himself and 8 artists.

    According to the live stream, Maezawa has already made a significant deposit on the trip.

    Here is his site for this space-based art project: https://dearmoon.earth

    10 votes
  2. DonQuixote
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    Long time SF fans may recall Heinlein's wonderful novella, The Man Who Sold The Moon . I see several figures who would fit that description today.

    Long time SF fans may recall Heinlein's wonderful novella, The Man Who Sold The Moon . I see several figures who would fit that description today.

    3 votes
  3. Staross
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    If we can send all of our capitalist overlords on a one-way trip to the moon, I'm all for it.

    If we can send all of our capitalist overlords on a one-way trip to the moon, I'm all for it.

    3 votes