Elon Musk sells seats on SpaceX moon mission to Japanese billionaire
The billionaire is also inviting eight artists along with him. It would be the first time a civilian crew has participated in a mission to the moon.
18 September, 2018
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (left) shakes hands with Yusaka Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire chosen by the company to fly around the moon. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- The billionaire is Yusaku Maezawa, a 42-year-old Japanese entrepreneur who founded the clothing website Zozo.
- Maezawa, SpaceX's first paying passenger, purchased all the open seats on the first-of-its-kind mission.
- Maezawa is calling the mission an art project, dubbed #dearMoon.
- Elon Musk says Maezawa's risky investment in #dearMoon has "done a lot to restore my faith in humanity."
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The Flat Earth Society has revealed that SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch was a hoax
SpaceX made history Tuesday after successfully launching its Falcon Heavy rocket into space, but not all are convinced any of that actually happened.
09 February, 2018
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Why Elon Musk hopes the Falcon Heavy launch will spark ‘new space race’
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is encouraging aerospace companies to up their game after successfully launching the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V.
07 February, 2018
Falcon Heavy launches at Cape Canaveral, photo by Jim Watson/Getty
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Elon Musk Is Now Linked to the Mystery of Who Invented Bitcoin
Did Elon Musk invent Bitcoin? The mystery surrounding the creator of the world's most popular cryptocurrency deepens.
23 December, 2017
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