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posted by janrinok on Saturday January 18 2020, @12:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the to-the-moon-Alice dept.

from the to-the-moon-Alice dept.

SpaceX moon passenger Yusaku Maezawa has 20,000 applicants to be girlfriend he takes on journey:

Yusaku Maezawa, theĀ Japanese billionaire set to become the first private passenger on a SpaceX Starship, is seeking a partner to "go to the moon with him." The 44-year-old Japanese drummer-turned-entrepreneur, who founded clothing site Zozotown, has begun an unusual quest to find a female partner to take to the moon -- and he's reportedly got over 20,000 applicants.

In partnership with Elon Musk's SpaceX, Maezawa announced in 2018 he would be going to the moon. As part of his mission, he bought up six to eight seats on the company's next-generation Starship and told reporters he would be asking six to eight artists to head to lunar orbit with him. The project, known as #dearMoon, is scheduled to launch in 2023.

[...] As of Thursday, AbemaTV said 21,700 people had applied, with 16 hours left until the deadline.


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  • (Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Saturday January 18 2020, @07:03PM (2 children)

    by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Saturday January 18 2020, @07:03PM (#945045) Journal

    I hate everything about this.

    One man who thinks he can buy love, 20k women willing to be bought for the chance to be rich the only way they have a chance to, one man with an interesting name whose public stature grant bad or obvious ideas an air of legitimacy...

    https://archive.is/ZinJT [archive.is] i am never going to stop talking about the way super-rich people steal from everybody as a means to get where they are
    https://archive.is/2MFbn [archive.is] i am going to keep giving erik brooks a hard time

    When everything has a price, nothing has value.

    That may be the actual goal.

    https://archive.is/TmRS6 [archive.is]

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday January 18 2020, @09:21PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday January 18 2020, @09:21PM (#945087) Journal

    Yusaku Maezawa, the first coomer in SPAAAAACE. If you want him to lose his wealth, allow him to make it trickle down.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:51PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:51PM (#946371) Journal

    Yeah, this kinda thing happens the world over. This one's just high profile, because of the Billion(s) he's worth and where he's going.

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