Japanese billionaire cancels private flight around the moon on SpaceX's giant Starship

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa won't shoot for the moon on SpaceX's Starship after all. "I signed the contract in 2018 based on the assumption that dearMoon would launch by the end of 2023," Maezawa said in a."It's a developmental project so it is what it is, but it is still uncertain as to when Starship can launch."If you can't see SpaceX's Starship in person, you can score a model of your own. Standing at 13.

Maezawa said the uncertainty over when Starship would be ready to fly his dearMoon mission led him to cancel the flight. "I can't plan my future in this situation, and I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer, hence the difficult decision to cancel at this point in time," MaezawaBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsIn December 2022, Maezawa selected a crew of eight artists and creators to join him on his dearMoon flight, but those astronaut hopefuls have had their lunar...

"I'm extremely disappointed, having dreamt about this mission since I first heard about it in 2018 and even more for the last 3 years since the selection process started. I slowly allowed myself to envision a trip to the Moon one little bit by little bit," Dodd added."On the other hand, I have guilt about being upset about a gift that was retracted. A part of me doesn't feel I'm entitled to grieve since I wasn't entitled to this mission in the first place.

"Had I known this could have ended within a year and a half of it being publicly announced, I would've never agreed to it," Dodd said."We had no prior knowledge of this possibility."When Maezawa announced the dearMoon mission in 2018, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company's Starship program to get up and running, with Maezawa contributing a key chunk of that funding.

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