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Meet Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese musician turned billionaire art collector who's going to be the first person to travel to the moon with SpaceX

He started an indie rock group called Switch Style, and released an EP in 1995.

Meet Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese musician turned billionaire art collector who's going to be the first person to travel to the moon with SpaceX

He is preparing to embark on one of the most elaborate space missions to date.

He is preparing to embark on one of the most elaborate space missions to date.

Elon Musk has described Maezawa as incredibly brave, and said his desire to participate in and pay for this trip restored Musk's faith in humanity.

"This is going to be dangerous. This is no walk in the park," Musk said of the mission.

He added: "It's not 100% certain that we succeed in getting this to flight ... But we're going to do everything humanly possible to bring it to flight as fast as we can and as safely as we can."

This is BFR from @spacex #dearMoon pic.twitter.com/jZiu1RHqUN

— Yusaku Maezawa 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) September 18, 2018

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