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First Space X Private Customer Heading To The Moon

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — To the moon! Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese entrepreneur and collector, is headed to the moon.

Maezawa will be the first person to travel into lunar orbit since the last Apollo mission in 1972.

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The billionaire is the first paying customer to ride Space-X.

He wants to pay for several artists to join him on the trek.

The trip is projected for 2023.

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