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dearMoon opens applications for eight seats
On March 2, 2021, SpaceX said the dearMoon project was taking applications for eight civilians to join Yusaku Maezawa on a week-long Starship lunar flyby targeted for 2023.
Topics: space-civilization starship
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Summary
SpaceX said the dearMoon project, which Yusaku Maezawa had announced in 2018 as a private Starship flyby of the Moon, was opening applications for eight civilians to join him. The trip was described as a week around the Moon in 2023. The post points readers to the project site and a video. It does not list a crew, a price, or a contract milestone. The later crew announcement is December 2022, and it still has no launch date. The 2023 target in this note should stay attached to March 2021.
Key facts
| Fact | Label |
|---|---|
| Eight civilian seats opened, plus Maezawa | Project announcement via SpaceX |
| Week-long lunar flyby targeted for 2023 | Schedule target as stated in 2021 |
| Project first announced by Maezawa in 2018, as SpaceX recalled it | Company historical note |
Why it matters
This is the public casting call for a commercial lunar flyby, years before any Starship orbital flight. It belongs with the Moon commercial column, not with the NASA landing contract signed the next month.
On this site
Sources
- SpaceX update, March 2, 2021 — Grade A, company post
- dearMoon site linked from the post — Grade A, project page
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