{"id":152655,"date":"2022-12-09T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/spacexs-moon-mission-gets-8-more-crew-members\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:04:13","slug":"spacexs-moon-mission-gets-8-more-crew-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/spacexs-moon-mission-gets-8-more-crew-members\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX’s moon mission gets 8 more crew members"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. <\/em>Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more<\/em>.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n \n Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa has picked eight passengers that he said will join him on a trip around the moon, powered by SpaceX’s yet-to-be-flown Starship spacecraft. The group includes American DJ Steve Aoki and popular space YouTuber Tim Dodd, better known as the Everyday Astronaut.\n <\/p>\n \n The mission, called Dear Moon, was first announced in 2018. Maezawa initially aimed to take a group of artists with him on a six-day trip around the moon but later announced he had expanded his definition of an \u201cartist.\u201d Instead, he said he would be open to people from all walks of life as long as they viewed themselves as artists, Maezawa said in a video announcement last year.\n <\/p>\n \n Joining Maezawa, Aoki and Dodd will be Czech multidisciplinary artist Yemi AD, Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam, photographer Karim Iliya, Indian actor Dev Joshi, documentary <\/strong>filmmaker Brendan Hall and South Korean rapper Choi Seung Hyun, who goes by the stage name TOP\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI can’t miss this opportunity,\u201d Aoki said in a video announcement. \u201cMy soul is, <\/strong>work <\/strong>begging for this.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n A backup crew of US Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu was also selected.\n <\/p>\n \n Dear Moon still advertises that its mission will take off in 2023, though SpaceX’s new rocket and spacecraft system, known as Starship, has yet to conduct its first orbital test flight.\n <\/p>\n \n Maezawa is paying an undisclosed sum for the trip, and he has said he will take his passengers free of charge.\n <\/p>\n \n There were two main criteria for selecting Maezawa’s fellow passengers, the mission’s website noted: Applicants should be seeking to \u201cpush the envelope\u201d in their field of work by going to space \u201cto help other people and greater society in some way,\u201d and they should be willing to support their fellow crew members during the journey.\n <\/p>\n
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