SpaceX: Space Travel becomes a United States Government Grant Art Project

SpaceX claims a Japanese millionaire bought all the seats on the first public  lunar flight. Yusaku Maezawa is claiming he is taking artists and cultural representatives with him.  Art and Cultural are code words for Government Grants in the USA.

http://gendai-art.org/en/

https://jp.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/