The American space-travel company SpaceX has announced that its first private passenger to the moon will be a Japanese businessman. Yusaku Maezawa is the creator and chief executive of the online clothing store Zozo. Maezawa wants to take a trip around the moon using the planned Big Falcon Rocket in 2023. He also announced that he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him. He said he wants to “inspire the dreamer in all of us.” Maezawa said he does not want to have the experience by himself. Instead, he wants his crew, “to see the moon up close, and the Earth in full view, and create work to reflect their experience.” Maezawa added that he often wondered what artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat or Andy Warhol might have created if they had traveled to space. A former musician, Maezawa, is one of Japan's most colorful business leaders. He is regularly covered by Japanese media for his collection of foreign and Japanese art and fast cars.
Title: SpaceX Announces First Private Passenger for Moon Trip
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<span data-start-time='21813' data-end-time='31083'>Maezawa wants to take a trip around the moon using the planned Big Falcon Rocket in 2023.</span> <span data-start-time='31083' data-end-time='42458'>He also announced that he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him.</span> <span data-start-time='42458' data-end-time='48125'>He said he wants to “inspire the dreamer in all of us.”</span> <span data-start-time='48125' data-end-time='53979'>Maezawa said he does not want to have the experience by himself.</span> <span data-start-time='53979' data-end-time='64896'>Instead, he wants his crew, “to see the moon up close, and the Earth in full view, and create work to reflect their experience.”</span> <span data-start-time='64896' data-end-time='77208'>Maezawa added that he often wondered what artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat or Andy Warhol might have created if they had traveled to space.</span> <span data-start-time='77208' data-end-time='84792'>A former musician, Maezawa, is one of Japan's most colorful business leaders.</span> <span data-start-time='84792' data-end-time='94313'>He is regularly covered by Japanese media for his collection of foreign and Japanese art and fast cars.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2815/64F68408-1387-4A78-B0E0-D5470C932998_w650_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' 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