After promising they’d get free space flights, the billionaire behind the dearMoon space tour has completely let down his crew.
Dearly Departed
After promising eight artists and musicians that they’d get free flights around the Moon on a SpaceX Starship, the Japanese billionaire behind the dearMoon space tour has completely let down his would-be crew.
Last week, e-commerce billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced on X-formerly-Twitter that he was canceling the dearMoon tour due to SpaceX missing deadlines, a move that’s left his crew — including famed DJ Steve Aoki — blindsided.
«I can’t 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,» Maezawa, the CEO of Japan’s Zozotown e-commerce platform, wrote in his tweet thread. «I apologize to those who were excited for this project to happen.»
As Space.com reports, crew reactions to the surprise decision have ranged from understanding to criticism — with much more verbosity in the latter category.
