{"id":2257520,"date":"2024-06-01T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaires-moon-trip-canceled-unavoidable-decision\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T15:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T19:15:29","slug":"billionaires-moon-trip-canceled-unavoidable-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaires-moon-trip-canceled-unavoidable-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire&#8217;s Lunar Journey Axed: &#8216;Inevitable Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbillionaires-moon-trip-canceled-unavoidable-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257520&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his planned moon trip on a SpaceX vehicle due to uncertainty about\u2062 its feasibility. The tycoon\u200b aimed for a moon voyage in 2023, purchasing seats for eight companions. This decision, labeled &#8220;unavoidable,&#8221; marks the end of his &#8220;dearMoon&#8221; project,\u200c involving a\u2064 diverse crew including\u2064 a K-pop rapper and American artists.\u2064 Maezawa expressed regret over the cancellation, citing the unpredictable schedule\u200d as the primary reason.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Billionaire&#8217;s Moon Trip Canceled: &#8216;Unavoidable Decision&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 1, 2024 at 5:10am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Saturday canceled his planned flight around the moon on a SpaceX vehicle because of uncertainty about when it may be possible.<\/p>\n<p>The tycoon in 2018 launched plans for the lunar flyby voyage.<\/p>\n<p>He bought seats for eight traveling companions in 2022 for what would be his second space journey after his 12-day trip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/astronaut-exonerated-discovery-international-space-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Maezawa was aiming for the moon trip in 2023, a target seen by most space observers as overly optimistic, given the progress of SpaceX\u2019s Spaceship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-nasa-moon-rocket-lifts-off-50-years-after-last-apollo-mission\/\" title=\"New NASA Moon Rocket Lifts Off 50 Years After Last Apollo Mission\">mega-rocket<\/a> project. It would have been the first private flight around the moon.<\/p>\n<p>That project became \u201cunfeasible,\u201d said the mission organizer on Saturday in a statement posted on its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout clear schedule certainty in the near term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable decision to cancel the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you ever travel to the moon?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo all who have supported this project and looked forward to this endeavor, we sincerely appreciate it and apologize for this outcome,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Maezawa had selected eight people for his \u201cdearMoon\u201d project from 1 million applicants. They included a lead rapper for the K-pop group Big Bang, and Americans DJ Steve Aoki and filmmaker Brendan Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Separately on Saturday, Maezawa said in his message on X: \u201cI can\u2019t plan my future in this situation and I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer, hence (I made) the difficult decision to cancel at this point in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I can\u2019t 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.<br \/> I apologize to those who were excited for this project to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) (@yousuckMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yousuckMZ\/status\/1796778109259403300?\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI apologize to those who were excited for this project to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he signed the contract with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-musks-spacex-launches-record-setting-rocket-ball-flames-erupts-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SpaceX<\/a> in 2018 assuming the launch would be possible by the end of 2023. \u201cIt\u2019s a developmental project so it is what it is, but it is still uncertain as to when Starship can launch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s two test flights of its mega-rocket last year ended in explosions minutes after liftoff. In a third test in March, its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-elon-musks-spacex-calls-off-launch-massive-new-rocket-due-tiny-malfunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spacecraft<\/a> was lost as it descended back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Maezawa and his producer in December 2021 became the first self-paying tourists to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/\" title=\"Republicans Slam Psaki\u2019s Space Force Slight\">space station<\/a> since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Maezawa made his fortune in retail fashion, launching Japan\u2019s major online fashion mall, Zozotown.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-trump-17-house-democrats-and-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Trump, 17 House Democrats, and the Biden Administration\">-profit news cooperative headquartered<\/a> in New York City. 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