The first criteria, according to Maezawa, is: "Whatever activity you are into, by going into space, I hope that you can push its envelope to help people and greater society in some way.
"Are you satisfied with what you're doing right now? By going into space could you do something that's even better, even bigger? If that sounds like you, please join me."
The second criteria is being "willing and able to support other crew members who share similar aspirations."