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Japanese Billionaire Calls Off His Starship Trip Around the Moon

x years after he announced a grand plan to fly around the moon with a crew of artists in SpaceX's Starship rocket, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said he was canceling the project due to delays in Starship's development. In a series of postings to the X social-media platform, Maezawa said he signed his contract with SpaceX "based on the assumption that dearMoon would launch by the end of 2023." "It's a developmental project, so it is what it is, but it is still uncertain as to when Starship can launch," he wrote.

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