billionaire Yusaku Maezawa He has just announced who will be the team members who will join him on the project. dear moon, the first civilian mission to the moon. This Japanese businessman bought all the tickets for a trip on board in 2018 space rocket to our satellite. Later, in March 2021, he announced that he would select 8 people from all over the world, with different concerns and talents, to accompany him on this exciting journey. Finally, today the chosen ones were announced, and the truth is that there are famous names among them.
Perhaps the most famous in the world is American DJ Steve Aoki. However, along with him are many other famous people, from athletes to YouTubers, through musicians and other artists from different fields.
The flight is originally scheduled for 2023. However, it cannot be said that this will happen exactly then. We must not forget that NASA itself has been forced to repeatedly change its plans for missions to the Moon and is currently postponing the first manned flight to 2024 and first with moon landing in 2025. As for SpaceX, Elon Musk has also changed his predictions for both the Moon and Mars several times. In any case, the news today is not about the launch date, but about the people who will be on board.
First civilians on the moon
To this day the moon has been stepped on twelve people, they are all astronauts. Not a single civilian walked among its craters. However, the growth of science tourism, which has developed in parallel with plans to return people to the moon, has led to plans for a convergence of these two ideas. That is dear moona mission that is supposed to take nine people to the moon for a week, only to bring them back to earth later.
In addition to himself, Maezawa chose eight more people and left. two others in reserve. In total, they are all seven different nationalities.
The famous DJ will come from the USA Steve Aokiyoutuber Tim Dodd and director Brendan Hall. In addition, the skier remains on the bench. Caitlin Farrington. South Korea will be represented by singer Choi Seung-hyun, better known as TOP. There will also be two photographers, English Karim Ilya and Irish Rhiannon Adam. Another artist will be Czech Yemi Akiniemi Dele, artistic director, choreographer and performer. And finally, the Indian actor closes the film crew. Dev Joshi. However, along with Farrington, a Japanese dancer will be on standby. Miyu.
An all-female reservation that contrasts with the official team she only traveled with one woman in front of eight men. This is a fact that draws attention, given the uniformity they want to start maintaining in this kind of travel in the future.
And that, although in his day they talked about that small step of man, it is humanity that will return to the moon again. Diverse humanity. This crew is in many ways, although it may be missing that little detail.
Source: Hiper Textual
