Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who returned to Earth last month after a 12-day journey into space, attends a news conference after returning to Japan, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, 7 January, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Japan billionaire Maezawa: going to space makes you obsessed with Earth

You're grateful that it has wind, that it has smells, that it has seasons: Yusaku Maezawa

Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa reacts as he speaks with his family after donning space suits shortly before the launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa blasts off to International Space Station