Screenshot of a Tweet by Japanese billionaire Maezawa Tomoyuki
According to the news of Japan's "Nikkan Sports" on the 13th, Japanese billionaire Maezawa Yusaku recently flew into space as a space tourist on a Russian spaceship. On the evening of the 12th, he broadcast his trip to the International Space Station live on a Japanese TV show and said that his next place of hope challenge was the Mariana Trench.
Screenshot of Japanese media report
During the show, Maezawa cheerfully greeted the audience on the International Space Station: "Good evening, everyone on Earth. At the moment I am talking to everyone in a gravity-free state. I hope to return safely on the 20th and enjoy the rest of the journey. He also replied to the questions of netizens selected by the program group one by one, introducing his space diet in the space station, "There are more canned foods, the best food is the famous Japanese yakitori, bring it here to eat a different flavor." ”
Answering the host's next destination, he said he wanted to challenge the Trench Mariana Trench. "It's said to be the deepest trench in the world, and I want to see it. Now that the universe has come, the next time you want to dive into the deep sea, the upper and lower ends of the earth want to see. ”
Comprehensive foreign media previously reported that at noon local time on the 8th, the Russian "Soyuz MS-20" spacecraft lifted off at the Baikonur Space Launch Site in Kazakhstan. Tomosaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, as space tourists, boarded the spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Misulkin to embark on a journey through space. The spacecraft took about six hours to dock with the International Space Station and is scheduled to return to Earth on December 20.
According to the report, Maezawa Yusaku and his assistants will participate in a series of scientific experiments on the International Space Station and complete the list of "100 things you want to complete in space" proposed by netizens. This is the first time that ordinary Japanese people have traveled to the International Space Station. According to reports, Maezawa Yusaku made his fortune through fashion retail, and he founded ZOZOTOWN, Japan's largest online fashion mall. Forbes magazine estimates that his current net worth is about $2 billion.
Source: Overseas Network