SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, Introduces Japanese Billionaire as First Private Passenger to Fly Around the Moon. Yusaku Maezawa, who founded Japan's largest online fashion retailer Zozotown, hopes to venture to the moon and back aboard the Big Falcon Rocket as early as 2023 on a mission he said is meant to inspire artists.

Maezawa, who at 42 is also a major art collector, will invite six to eight artists from a variety of fields on the week-long trip to inspire future works of art.