T.O.P, a former member of Big Bang, said his dream to travel to the moon is not yet over despite the cancellation of the dearMoon project of Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezama.
The dearMoon project, planned as the world’s first civilian circumlunar voyage, was canceled on June 1. T.O.
P was previously selected as one of the crew members for the voyage along with Steve Aoki from the US, Yemi A.D. from Czech Republic, Rhiannon Adam from Ireland, Tim Dodd from the US, Karim Iliya from the United Kingdom, Brendan Hall from the US and Dev D.
Joshi from India. The two backup crew members were Kaitlyn Farrington from the US and Miyu from Japan. The dearMoon crew (dearMoon website) Former Big Bang member T.
O.P (Instagram) The dearMoon project entailed a mission of a spacecraft going around the moon and returning to earth. DearMoon announced on June 1 the cancellation of the voyage.
“In 2018, Yusaku Maezawa announced dearMoon, the world’s first civilian circumlunar voyage aboard SpaceX’s space vehicle, Starship. The plan had included artists from around the world who would participate in the project to share the invaluable experience in space with the rest of the world. Arrangements were being made with SpaceX to target the launch by the end of 2023,” the notice stated.
It added, “Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable decision to cancel .
