日本時裝界巨頭將成爲SpaceX第一位私人太空乘客

SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, on Monday named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo.

Maezawa's identity was revealed at an event on Monday evening at the company's headquarters and rocket factory in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne.

Maezawa will take a trip around the moon planned for 2023 aboard SpaceX's forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket spaceship. The 42-year-old billionaire said he would invite six to eight artists to join him on the lunar orbit mission.

The amount he is paying for the trip was not disclosed, however, Musk said the businessman outlaid a significant deposit and will have a material impact on the cost of developing the BFR.

SpaceX has already upended the space industry with its relatively low-cost reusable Falcon 9 rockets. The company has completed more than 50 successful Falcon launches and snagged billions of dollars' worth of contracts, including deals with NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.由伊隆·馬斯克創建的太空探索技術公司官週一晚間公佈了其首位私家乘客，即日本在線服裝零售商Zoho的創始人及首席執行官前澤友作。

這一消息是星期一晚間在SpaceX公司位於加利福尼亞州洛杉磯郊區霍桑市的總部和工廠舉行的一次活動中宣佈的。

前澤友作將於2023年計劃乘坐SpaceX未來將推出的大獵鷹火箭太空船進行一次環繞月球的旅行。這位現年42歲的億萬富翁還表示，將邀請6到8位藝術家與他一起進行這次月球之旅。

這次太空旅行的付費金額沒有公開，但馬斯克表示，前澤友作已經支付了大筆預定金，這對開發太空船的成本帶來實際幫助。

SpaceX已經以其成本較低且可重複使用的獵鷹 9號火箭顛覆了航天工業。 該公司已經成功發射了50多次獵鷹火箭，並獲得了包括與美國國家航空航天局和美國國防部的數十億美元的合同。