Artist's conception of BFR launch. SpaceXSpaceX announced Monday night that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, founder of online fashion mall, Zozotown, will be the first paying passenger on its BFR spacecraft on a trip around the Moon. The trip is announced to launch in 2023, though CEO Elon Musk admitted that there were a lot of uncertainties around that date. He bought an entire spaceship, and he intends to people it with 6-8 artists from different countries and representing different styles of art. SpaceXAs part of the press conference, Musk unveiled what he stated was likely the final iteration for the design of the BFR spacecraft.

Source: Forbes September 18, 2018 02:15 UTC