Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa bought the right to be SpaceX’s first lunar tourist on a mission scheduled for 2023, but he will not go alone. Maezawa bought all the seats on the flight and announced plans to choose eight people to take the week-long trip to orbit the Moon with him (and two or three other people). You have until March 14 to complete the pre-registration on the dearMoon website before going through the “initial screening” until the 21st.
Unsurprisingly, there are a few more steps for potential candidates to take after that, but with the carrot potentially visiting the Moon in a few years, we hope that there will be many candidates. Maezawa initially sought to bring in artists, but now says there are two criteria for potential travel companions. One, that they can go above and beyond what they do to help people and society in making this trip, and that they are willing and able to support the other crew members in their ambitions.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also appeared in the video saying that the potential for safe transportation looks “promising” in 2023, but given its relationship to deadlines, you may want to consider flexible hours as a third criterion for participation.