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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>A commercial DJ, K-pop rapper, and a space YouTuber are to go on a trip around the Moon, after they were picked by a Japanese billionaire for a private SpaceX flight.<\/b><\/p>\n

Businessman Yusaku Maezawa revealed his crew on Friday after a global search for creative individuals last year.<\/p>\n

American DJ Steve Aoki and Korean star TOP are the most high-profile picks.<\/p>\n

The flight, scheduled for next year, could be the first lunar journey by humans since 1972.<\/p>\n

The proposed fly-by would see a spacecraft circle the moon, coming within 200km (124 miles) of the surface. The trip would take eight days from launch to return.<\/p>\n

However, US regulators are yet to give permission for the Starship rocket from Elon Musk’s SpaceX company that the crew is supposed to travel on.<\/p>\n

The ship has not even been approved for an orbital journey around the Earth and has been grounded for the past 18 months in Texas, after it completed a test launch in May 2021.<\/p>\n

But Mr Maezawa made no mention of this delay in his video announcing the crew for the mission he’s dubbed dearMoon.<\/p>\n

The opening scene shows Mr Maezawa in a Japanese garden looking up at the moon. It then cuts to show the first crew member – DJ Aoki – at one of his shows.<\/p>\n

“I can’t miss this opportunity. My soul is begging for this,” the Billboard-charting artist says in the video.<\/p>\n

The next passenger revealed is Youtuber Tim Dodd – also known as the Everyday Astronaut- who has 1.4 million followers online for his educational videos on spaceflight and astrophysics.<\/p>\n

In his own video released on Friday the vlogger said he couldn’t believe he’d been selected. He added that SpaceX’s announcement in 2017 that it would send a civilian to the moon was “ironically, or poetically… actually what got me started making videos on Youtube.”<\/p>\n

The other announced dearMoon mission members are:<\/p>\n

TOP (Choi Seung hyun), a K-pop rapper and former lead of boyband Big Bang (South Korea)<\/p>\n

-Dancer and choreographer Yemi A.D (Czech Republic)<\/p>\n

-Photographer Rhiannon Adam (Ireland)<\/p>\n

-Wildlife photographer Karim Iliya (UK)<\/p>\n

-Filmmaker Brendan Hall (US)<\/p>\n

-Actor Dev Joshi (India)<\/p>\n

US Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were named as back-up dancers.<\/p>\n

“I hope each and every one will recognise the responsibility that comes with leaving the Earth, travelling to the moon and back,” Mr Maezawa said.<\/p>\n

“They will gain a lot from this experience and I hope they will use that to contribute to the planet, to humanity.”<\/p>\n

Mr Maezawa, who made his fortune in online fashion retailer Zozo, has become prominently involved in commercial space travel. Last year he went to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket for 12 days.<\/p>\n

In 2018, he was named as the first private passenger due to be flown around the moon by SpaceX and said he would sponsor the cost of eight other passengers on board.<\/p>\n

The price Mr Maezawa agreed to pay for his ticket to space has not been disclosed, but according to Mr Musk it was “a lot of money”.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he also launched a documentary search for a new girlfriend to join him on his moon voyage, before cancelling due to “mixed feelings”.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Angola<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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