Tycoon eyes SpaceX party

YUSAKU Maezawa will take the first commercial rocket trip around the moon, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said yesterday, and the Japanese billionaire wants company for the week-long trip.

Mr Maezawa plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the SpaceX rocket “to inspire the dreamer in all of us”.

The Big Falcon Rocket is to make the trip in 2023.

Mr Maezawa, 42, said he wanted his guests “to see the moon up close, and the Earth in full view”.