Japan billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip due to uncertainty over SpaceX rocket development

A Japanese billionaire canceled his trip to the moon on a SpaceX rocket after too many delays

dearMoon and SpaceX made plans to reach the moon in 2023, but that goal became "unfeasible." Yusaku Maezawa said the voyage was now canceled.

Japan billionaire Maezawa decides to cancel planned trip to Moon

Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa has decided to cancel his planned private space trip to orbit the Moon, as the mission's feasibility became unclear, according to a website.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has closed his DearMoon project, under which he planned to make the first tourist flight around the Moon on a SpaceX ship, the project's press service reported.

Japanese billionaire Maezawa cancels moon flyby mission

In 2022, Maezawa announced that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki would be among the eight crew members he planned to take on the dearMoon mission.

Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship

"I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer."

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa cancels "dearMoon" mission, said to be the first private trip around the Moon. Initially, the team aimed to make a circumlunar flight with celebrities on board by the end of last year, but this became "unfeasible", representatives of the mission stated in a statement on their website.