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9th December 2022
02:53pm GMT
"I think it was just in the middle of the pandemic and I was craving adventure and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. "And I spend a lot of my life working with very remote communities and it felt like a natural thing to do, to apply to go to space and explore the most remote community ever, which would be us in space. "Every day I pinch myself; it seems like an impossible dream coming true. I aim to create work that does justice to this transformative experience."Being chosen for the DearMoon project means that Adam will be the first Irish person in space. Joining her as crewmates on the journey are American music producer Steve Aoki, South Korean rapper TOP, Indian TV actor Dev Joshi, documentary filmmaker Brendan Hall, Czech choreographer Yemi AD, photographer Karim Iliya and US content creator Tim Dodd. “I'm very thrilled to have these amazing people join me on my journey to the moon and excited to see what inspiring creations they come up with in space," Maezawa said in a statement. As part of the flight, Starship will make a week-long journey in which it will orbit the Moon before returning to Earth. You can watch an interview with Adam below about being selected.