Japanese billionaire Yuzen Maezawa plans to fly eight artists across the moon on SpaceX’s Starship. However now, with Starship nonetheless in growth and the flight having been postponed indefinitely, Maezawa stated he has canceled the journey.
“I can not plan my future beneath these circumstances,” Maezawa added.
He additionally stated that “it makes him really feel unhealthy to maintain the crew ready longer.” Others he picked embody DJ Steve Aoki, movie producer Brendan Corridor, musician Choi Seung Hyunm and YouTuber Tim Dodd.
different potentialities als Causes for the undertaking’s cancellation embody SpaceX’s deal with authorities contracts and Maezawa’s internet price, which is just half of what it was in 2018 (although nonetheless over $1 billion). The billionaire has additionally been to area as soon as, when he traveled to the Worldwide House Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket in 2021, the place he stayed for 12 days.
