Steve Aoki, K-Pop’s T.O.P. to join Japanese billionaire in trip to moon – National | 24CA News
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is taking a SpaceX rocket to the moon subsequent 12 months and has invited American DJ Steve Aoki and Okay-Pop star T.O.P. to hitch him.
The Japanese tycoon launched plans for the lunar voyage in 2018, shopping for all of the seats on the spaceship. He started taking functions from all over the world in March 2021 for what will likely be his second area journey after his 12-day journey to the International Space Station on the Soyuz Russian spaceship final 12 months.
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The eight individuals Maezawa chosen for his “dearMoon project” are T.O.P., who debuted as a lead rapper for the Okay-Pop group Big Bang; Aoki; filmmaker Brendan Hall and YouTuber Tim Dodd, additionally of the United States. The different 4 are British photographer Karim Illiya, Indian actor Dev Joshi, Czech artist Yemi AD and Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam. American Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu have been chosen as backups.
T.O.P.’s actual title is Choi Seung-hyun. The 35-year-old began out as an underground rapper earlier than becoming a member of Big Bang, one of many world’s prime boy bands, in 2006.
T.O.P. mentioned in a video launched by the dearMoon web site that he has all the time fantasized about area and the moon since he was a baby and, “I cannot wait.”
“When I finally see the moon closer I look forward to my personal growth and returning to the earth as an artist with an inspiration,” he mentioned.
Maezawa made the announcement on his Twitter and the dearMoon Project web site on Friday, after he tweeted final week saying he held an internet assembly with Elon Musk and that his “major announcement about space” was underway.
He and the others can be among the many first to journey on the SpaceX automobile. The journey is predicted to take a couple of week. The spaceship is not going to make a lunar touchdown however is predicted to come back inside 200 kilometres (120 miles) of the moon’s floor whereas circling it for 3 days.
The journey is predicted subsequent 12 months, although the precise schedule has not been disclosed.
Last 12 months, Maezawa, 47, and his producer Yozo Hirano grew to become the primary self-paying vacationers to go to the area station since 2009. He has not disclosed the associated fee for that mission, although reviews mentioned he paid $80 million.
Maezawa made his fortune in retail trend, launching Japan’s largest on-line trend mall, Zozotown. In 2019, he resigned as CEO of the e-commerce firm Zozo Inc. to commit his time to area journey. Forbes journal estimates his wealth at $1.9 billion.
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