Hyderabad, March 4 -- A Japanese billionaire on Wednesday made an announcement asking people from all around the world to sign up for a free ticket to the moon. He asked people to join him in the first civilian lunar mission "dearMoon" aboard the lunar spaceship, being developed by SpaceX.

Set to launch in 2023, project 'dearMoon', spearheaded by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Mezawa (MZ) with the help of Elon Musk's SpaceX, will be the first civilian venture into outer space.

Yusaku Mezawa announced his intentions regarding the project two years ago and now he said he'll be taking 8 people along with him from around the world to join him aboard the rocket "Starship" currently being developed by SpaceX.

"I have bought all the seats so it...