Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa had once planned to take eight artists<\/a> on a flight around the Moon aboard SpaceX\u2019s Starship. But now, with Starship still in development the flight already indefinitely delayed, Maezawa says he has canceled the trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI can\u2019t plan my future in this situation,\u201d Maezawa added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n He also said he feels \u201cterrible making the crew members wait longer.\u201d Others he\u2019d picked for the flight<\/a> included DJ Steve Aoki<\/a>, filmmaker Brendan Hall, musician Choi Seung Hyunm, and YouTuber Tim Dodd. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Other possibilities that Ars <\/em>notes for the project\u2019s cancellation include SpaceX\u2019s focus on its government contracts<\/a>, as well as Maezawa\u2019s net worth, which is half what it was in 2018<\/a> (though it\u2019s still pegged at over $1 billion). The billionaire has also already been to space once<\/a>, when he rode a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, where he stayed for 12 days in 2021. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n