#Elon #Musk finally detonated the bomb, officially announced to the world who would send the Moon! The first tourist to go to the moon was Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese business man. So who is Yusaku Maezawa?
At a press conference today, #SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made very important announcements that will determine the future of the space industry. Musk, again introducing the huge space ship BFR, also detailed the first manned mission of the company to the Moon .
Accordingly, the flight will take place in 2023. The flight will be made by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa . Yusaku Maezawa, 42, a famous entrepreneur, owns the Japanese clothing brand Zozotown. According to Forkes data, Maezawa has a total of $ 2.9 billion in wealth.
Elon Musk officially announced: Here is the first tourist to fly on the moon
#Yusaku #Maezawa
According to a news reporter, Maezawa, who is also an art collector, bought a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982 and paid 110 million dollars last year and became an agenda all over the world. The reason why Yusaku Maezawa wanted to go to the Moon is his love for this art. Maezawa, who initiated a project called #dearMoon, wants to take 8 different artists with him to the Moon in 2023.
Maezawa says that these names can be painters, musicians, architects, sculptors, directors or fashion designers. The 42-year-old billionaire also bought all seats for the BFR's 2023 flight. In other words, the artists will not pay any fee for the journey.
Maezawa wants these artists to create something when they come back from the Moon and inspire all humanity. Elon Musk said that Yusaku Maezawa paid a huge fee for the Moon trip. However, the exact amount of the fee paid was not disclosed.
Elon Musk officially announced: Here is the first tourist to fly on the moon
Musk also stated that they have already received the payment and that this financial income will be used in the development of the BFR. The BFR, which Elon Musk introduced for the first time in its redesigned state last year, or the "Interplanetary Transport System" with Musk's expressions, is currently in development at the SpaceX headquarters.
The first short flight tests of the BFR will be conducted towards the end of 2019, according to company chief Gwynne Shotwell last week. BFR, consisting of two parts, with a pusher rocket and a "spaceship", has a length of 106 meters and a width of 9 meters. The giant colony carrier, which takes the power it needs from the company's new generation rocket engine Raptor, will be capable of carrying 100 people in the final form according to Musk's statements