Japanese Billionaire will be the first tourist to go around the moon

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk, left, speaks after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, right, as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk, after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, as the first private passenger to the moon. Source: AAP

A Japanese billionaire will be the first private passenger to take a trip around the moon on a rocket designed by Elon Musk's company Space-X.


In front of a large crowd in Los Angeles, tech billionaire, Elon Musk, has announced SpaceX's first private passenger to take a voyage around the moon.

Yusaku Maezawa ((yoo-SAH-koo my-eh-ZAH-wah)) will be the first person to make the 382,000 kilometre journey in nearly half a century.

 The 42-year-old is not an astronaut - he's the founder of Japan’s largest online clothing retailer, Zozotown.

 His billion dollar fortune has brought him an experience, that until now, money could not buy.

Listen to the full feature in Arabic above. 

 


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