A Nigerian creative artist, Yemi Akinyemi-Dele, has made the
list of the first 20 shortlisted applicants for a trip around the moon.
NAN reports that the Japanese billionaire, Yusaku Maezawa,
had announced on March 2 that he would choose eight members of the public to
join him on the trip.
Maezawa’s mission, tagged “Dear Moon,” is scheduled to fly
on SpaceX’s Starship rocket in 2023.
The dear moon project is a mission organised by Elon Musk’s
SpaceX and funded by the billionaire and founder of E-Shop in Zozo town with a
passionate love for creative artists.
The space mission project, which was open for creative art
participants, attracted over one million applications across 249 countries
around the world out of which only 20 were shortlisted and Yemi made the list
to the final.
The 20 shortlisted names would further be scrutinised with
only eight selected for the mission to the moon.
With this development, Akinyemi-Dele, whose father hails
from Lagos State and his mother from the Czech Republic, would need the support
and prayers of all Nigerians for him to be among the eight that would be
selected for the Starship rocket mission with Maezawa in 2023.
The SpaceX Moon Project is the first in the series and it is
expected that if Akinyemi-Dele is selected, he will create history by
representing Nigeria and Czech Republic at the mission project. (NAN)
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