Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced Friday that eight people who will join him on a flight around the moon on a SpaceX spaceship in the coming years. See the full list.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Friday that K-pop star T.O.P will be among eight people who will join him on a flight around the moon on aThe Japanese tycoon launched plans for the lunar voyage in 2018, buying all the seats on the spaceship.
The eight people Maezawa selected for his “dearMoon project” from 1 million applicants are T.O.P, who debuted as a lead rapper for the K-Pop group Big Bang; American DJ Steve Aoki; filmmaker Brendan Hall and YouTuber Tim Dodd, also of the United States. The other four are British photographer Karim Illiya, Indian actor Dev Joshi, Czech artist Yemi AD and Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam. American Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were chosen as backups.
T.O.P’s real name is Choi Seung-hyun. The 35-year-old started out as an underground rapper before joining Big Bang, one of the world’s top boy bands, in 2006. T.O.P said in a video released by the dearMoon website that he has always fantasized about space and the moon since he was a child and, “I cannot wait.”
“When I finally see the moon closer I look forward to my personal growth and returning to the Earth as an artist with an inspiration," he said.
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