Maizawa also said that he has decided to expand his definition of “artist”, initially defined as singers, dancers, painters and other traditional creative fields. Maizawa said in a video ad on Tuesday that he is now open to involving people from all walks of life as long as he sees himself as an artist.
“Dear Moon,” Mezwana’s website for its space mission now includes a link where applicants can pre-register from March 14. Preliminary screening of candidates will start from March 21.
There will be two main criteria for selection: Applicants must “push the envelope” into their field of work, “go into space” and “help others and the larger community in some way”, and they must be willing to support their fellow crew members during the trip.
Eight candidates selected from among the people will join Mejawa, who is paying for the tour and says he will take his passengers for free, and at least one other person. It is not yet clear who will sue at the other meetings, although last year Mezawa said he was looking for a partner to join him on the trip. There will be a total of 10 to 12 passengers, Mezawa said.
The beloved Moon mission relies on SpaceX’s giant starship rocket, which is still in the early stages of development at the company’s testing facilities in South Texas. Although some of the earliest prototypes performed brief “hop tests”, some of which flew a few miles above the Earth, a full-scale prototype still remains. K SpaceX has not begun public testing of the super-heavy, a giant rocket booster that will require the starship to orbit Earth or beyond.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said in a recent interview with podcast host J R Rogan that he expects Starspeep to operate regular flights by 2023, although it’s not clear if SpaceX will see that deadline. The aerospace industry is notorious for projects that take longer than expected – and cost more.
If the mission is successful, the first group of private citizens to venture beyond low-Earth orbit will become the Mezawa crew. Musk said in a video posted Tuesday that the trip could go further than any Apollo mission NASA has undertaken in the 20th century.
The six-day mission is expected to spend three days around the moon and take a slingshot trip around the moon before returning.
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