A few points on the application process: - The judging criteria for the first round appeared to have been based on social media followers which you had to ente

A few points on the application process: - The judging criteria for the first round appeared to have been based on social media followers which you had to enter with your essay and contact information. - Getting an "ARIGATOU" on the submission confirmation screen was supposedly better than a "THANKYOU". - The company behind it appeared to be operating from a Tokyo residential address, and company records indicated it was involved in selling home stereo equipment. - There's been speculation on Reddit about it being a data mining operation; although nobody has any good theories on what they would use the data for. -- Maezawa went to space in 2021 aboard the Soyuz. When coupled with the delays perhaps he decided that was all the space he needed.