Japanese billionaire Maezawa cancels moon flyby mission (opens in new tab)

(reuters.com)

12 pointscoobird1y ago5 comments

5 comments

frankharv1y ago

Makes me wonder what SpaceX schedule looks like...

This trip was going to be to part of Artemus contract correct?

Prove Starship is capable of moon orbiting with humans aboard... Before gateway?

How far off the schedule is this project? When will humans orbit the moon again?

basementcat1y ago

Humans are scheduled to flyby the moon in 2025 as part of the Artemis 2 mission.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_2

fsmv1y ago

NASA was not relying on a Japanese billionaire's joyride for their moon landing plans. I saw another article that said part of the reason this got cancelled is NASA took priority for the starship project.

ilrwbwrkhv1y ago

He made his billions from Zozo. Wonder why so many of these types of stores make it big in Asia.

nolroz1y ago

Aww. I bet Tim is bummed.

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