18-09-2018 14:33 via ocregister.com

Meet SpaceX’s first private passenger to the moon

Southern California-based SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced Monday that Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa will be the first private citizen to purchase a ticket on a lunar mission. Maezawa vowed to invite as many as eight artists to join him on the journey, which is expected to lift off sometime in 2023.Who is Yusaku Maezawa?Age: 42
Nationality: Japanese
Net worth: $3 billion
Education: Skipped college to move to the U.S. with his girlfriend, where he started collecting record albums and CDs
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