https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/18/17874214/spacex-moun-tourism-yusaku-maezawa-first-privat-ecitizen-astronaut > Who is Yusaku Maezawa and why is SpaceX sending him to the moon? > SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced plans to make Japanese billionaire Yusaka Maezawa the first private citizen to travel to the moon during a press conference in SpaceX’s corporate office in Hawthorne, California, on Monday night.