Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday released the names of eight people — including Steve Aoki and Kpop star T.O.P — who will join him on his trip around the moon next year.
Maezawa, like Musk, has a big presence on Twitter. He holds thefor the most retweeted post and announced the news on the social media platform. In the January 2019 tweet, Maezawa offered to give 1 million Japanese yen, worth about $9,000 at the time, to 100 people each as an expression of thanks for “astonishing sales” at his business. People who wanted to stand a chance at winning the prize had to retweet the post and follow him.
Aoki and T.O.P are part of a multinational cast that also includes a British photographer, a Czech performer and an Indian actor. American Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington was named among the backup crew. “Life is crazy,” Aoki said in footage that depicted the moment he was told he had been selected. “I’m going to go to the … moon!”that he was heading to the moon outside Space X’s Los Angeles headquarters in 2018. He said then that he would select up to eight artists to join him on the trip, and expressed hope that the trip would lead them to create inspirational art.that hope as he announced the crew, saying he was “excited to see what inspiring creations they come up with in space.
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