https://www.pcgamer.com/over-10000-elite-dangerous-pilots-embarked-on-distant-worlds-2-though-a-few-faceplanted-into-a-33g-planet/

Distant Worlds 2 is Elite: Dangerous' second organized journey across the Milky Way to the remote Beagle Point, and it's the space sim's largest group expedition yet. Last weekend, over 10,000 players launched from Pallaeni as the expedition kicked off, a number confirmed by Frontier CEO David Braben.

Not all of them will continue the journey.