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‘Sudden, Short and Unexpected:’ DearMoon Crew Regrets Cancellation of SpaceX Starship Private Moon Mission

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The DearMoon crew took to social media to share their disappointment following the abrupt cancellation of the mission. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa canceled his planned flight around the moon on June 1 due to delays at SpaceX Starship mega rocket, which has not yet made a single manned test flight. Maezawa initially booked the private … Read more

Japanese billionaire pulls plug on private ‘dearMoon’ moon ship mission | TechCrunch

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The Japanese billionaire who commissioned SpaceX for a private mission around the moon on a Starship rocket has abruptly canceled the project, citing lingering uncertainties about when the launch vehicle will be ready to fly. “I signed the contract in 2018, thinking that DearMoon would launch at the end of 2023,” Yusaku Maezawa, the project’s … Read more