I wonder how the #PresidentMusk project #DearMoon is coming along, since it was supposed to send civilian tourists around the moon in 2023... (apologies for the link to the #BirdSite )

https://x.com/dearmoonproject

Few folks know, but I was preliminarily selected for the #DearMoon mission to circle the Moon on a Starship.

Ultimately, I wasn't selected, but was advised I was a standby candidate.

It became clear that Elon was full of shit and the mission was cancelled.

I remember walking past the old power plant in the #yeg river valley, looking up, and seeing the Moon. At the time, I thought I might get up close and personal with our stony sentinel. It nearly took me to my knees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F51Nbf6IT8g

Is #dearMoon’s Starship flight cancellation purely a financial setback? I don’t think so: https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-178

#Naive Japanese #billionaire realizes #Elon was never going to send him around the #Moon in a #Starship.

Goodbye, #DearMoon. Sorry you got scammed.

"[H]e had signed on in #2018 expecting to fly in #2023" and flew to the #ISS on a #Soyuz instead of waiting for #Musk and #SpaceX.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/2/24169972/spacex-starship-billionaire-lunar-flight-dearmoon-canceled-delays-yusaku-maezawa

I just learned that #Dearmoon got cancelled and that got me sad :(

「 #日本 の #億万長者 がプライベート「 #dearMoon 」 #月宇宙船 #ミッション を #中止 」： TechCrunch

「「私は、dearMoonが2023年末までにサービスを開始するという前提に基づいて、2018年に契約に署名しました」とプロジェクトの後援者である #前澤 友作氏は Xで語った 。 「開発プロジェクトなので現状はそうなのですが、スターシップがいつ打ち上げられるかはまだ不明です。」
前澤氏の運命にも変化があったようだ。 フォーブスによると、彼の純資産は現在14億ドルで、dearMoonが発表されたときの半分にすぎない。 」

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/03/japanese-billionaire-pulls-plug-on-private-dearmoon-lunar-starship-mission/

#prattohome #TechCrunch

Der japanische Milliardär Yusaku Maezawa wollte an Bord des #Starship von #SpaceX zum Mond fliegen. Doch jetzt sagte er das #dearMoon genannte Projekt ab, weil es zu viele Verzögerungen gibt. https://winfuture.de/news,143200.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

前澤友作さん、Starshipで行く月周回渡航「dearMoon」を中止。実現の見通しが立たず【宇宙ビジネスニュース】
https://sorabatake.jp/37000/

dearMoonプロジェクトが中止。前澤友作さんと8人のクルーが採択されるも、有人飛行が困難。2023年内の打ち上げ目標は達成できず。Starshipはアルテミス計画をサポートする状況。 #dearMoon #SpaceX #Starship

#ChangE6 txinatar zunda arrakastaz lurreratu zen Ilargiaren aurpegi ezkutuan.

Starlinerren #CFT1 misioa abiarazteko saiakera berria ekainaren 5ean edo 6an izango da.

#DearMoon misioa, #Starship batean Ilargiaren inguruan hegaldia, bertan behera geratu da.

#Espazioa

"Japanese Billionaire Calls Off His Starship Trip Around the Moon" by @cosmiclog / @alanboyle - More detail on #DearMoon cancellation. Officially it was to not make the guests wait indefinitely for #SpaceX #Starship. But reactions show they would have waited. https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/01/japanese-billionaire-calls-off-his-trip-around-the-moon/

A little saddened but not surprised at the end of the #DearMoon project. At the launch event, I was struck by how numinous the idea of "art in space will inspire people" was. Over the years there's been no further detail of how you train civilians to become astronauts, how best to use the vast space of #Starship. Since then, Jared Isaacman has shown how you can do that first part, as well as raising publicity, push boundaries and stimulate a sense of awe and wonder. And that's ongoing.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's decision to cancel his plan for a trip around the #moon in a #SpaceX #Starship super-rocket has left a lot of his #dearMoon crewmates disappointed and hurt. https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/01/japanese-billionaire-calls-off-his-trip-around-the-moon/ #Space

So this #dearmoon tweet aged fairly well https://x.com/reedmideke/status/1041895125243187200

Privately-funded #DearMoon lunar space flight cancelled due to #SpaceX #Starship development delays. It was odd how a billionaire funded the flight with a crew of artists. Their #space dreams are now dashed. Article by @arstechnica /@SciGuySpace: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/heres-why-a-japanese-billionaire-just-canceled-his-lunar-flight-on-starship/ #NewSpace

Dear Moon — миссия, спонсируемая японским миллиардером Юсаку Маэзава и заключавшаяся в полёте вокруг Луны с экипажем из самого миллиардера и несколько творческих людей (в том числе Everyday Astronaut) на корабле Starship — отменена.
О миссии было объявлено в 2018 году, назначена она была на 2023 год. Из-за неготовности Starship к сроку Юсака Маэзава объявил об отмене миссии.

https://t.me/egorovkot/891

#Космос #Космоновости #Луна #SpaceX #Starship #DearMoon #Space #Moon #EverydayAstronaut

🛰️🌑 Le retard du développement du #Starship aurait eu raison du projet #DearMoon du milliardaire Yusaku Maezawa qui devait l'emmener avec 10 personnes dont des artistes en orbite lunaire
https://dearmoon.earth/pdf/dearMoon_EN_240601.pdf

The owner of this account would like to send heartfelt condolences to Tim Dodd at this time.

#dearmoon #starship

It's too bad they couldn't just postpone it. 😔

"It is unfortunate to be announcing that 'dearMoon', the first private circum-lunar flight project, will be cancelled. We thank everyone who has supported us and apologize to those who have looked forward to this project."

#dearMoon #starship

SpaceXが「Starship」2回目の飛行試験を実施。宇宙空間への到達に成功【宇宙ビジネスニュース】
https://sorabatake.jp/34562/

SpaceXのStarshipロケットの2回目の飛行試験で、第一段エンジンが爆発。第二段エンジンは高度150kmまで上昇しました。dearMoonプロジェクトは2023年に延期。試験の結果を受けて打ち上げ時期をアップデート予定 #SpaceX #Starship #dearMoon