The dearmoon project was a proposed lunar tourism mission conceived and financed by japanese billionaire yusaku maezawa. Maezawa said he expected the experience of space tourism to inspire the accompanying passengers in the creation of something new. The elon musk-founded company will send 42-year-old japanese billionaire. · on monday, the company revealed japanese billionaire yusaku maezawa will become its first private passenger to the moon in an announcement at its hawthorne, california headquarters. In a monday press conference at spacex headquarters in hawthorne, california, musk announced that japanese billionaire yusaku maezawa has purchased the first ticket to lunar orbit aboard. It would have seen maezawa and eight civilian artists fly a circumlunar trajectory around the moon aboard a spacex starship spacecraft. · spacex will launch japanese entrepreneur yusaku maezawa on the first private passenger flight around the moon aboard a big falcon rocket for an undisclosed sum. Spacex revealed the first passenger its signed up to fly to the moon on monday for one very expensive art project. Now, hes also slated to be the first private citizen to go to. · s pacex announced monday that billionaire japanese entrepreneur yusaku maezawa will become the aerospace company’ s first private passenger on a voyage around the moon, taking another. Yusaku maezawa , 42, is a japanese billionaire entrepreneur and founder of zozotown, japans largest online fashion retailer.