Sometimes competition is healthy - but perhaps less so when you've unknowingly pitted yourself against your sibling for a chance to take part in a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. <\/p>\n
Max and Charlie Denison-Pender are two brothers locked in rivalry for a place on Elon Musk's first civilian flight round the moon, which is slated for 2023. The trip is poised to last six days: three days to get to the moon and loop round the back of it, and three days to return to Earth. <\/p>\n
He then announced an open competition for people to apply for the tickets. Originally, Maezawa said he would give the seats to artists but is now broadening the search. <\/p>\n
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Eager to acquire a seat on the flight, both brothers entered the competition - separately.<\/p>\n
For Charlie, though, entering the competition means more than just traveling on a historic flight round the moon. As a student of aerospace engineering at Brunel University, Charlie has ambitions to transform the future of travel beyond Earth.<\/p>\n
\"The reason why I'm interested in going on the flight is because one day I hope to start a space airliner,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Max, an artist, has been hard at work on his end-of-year exhibition. His interest in flying to the moon came as a complete shock to Charlie, given his creative background. <\/p>\n
When asked how he'd feel if Max won the seat instead of him, Charlie answered: \"I'd be secretly quite annoyed but also very happy for him at the same time.\" <\/p>\n
But Charlie seems unbothered. \"Generally, I'm pretty confident in Elon Musk and SpaceX, because he's been doing groundbreaking things for a long time and throughout the Starship prototypes and the testing, you can see the progress each time,\" he said.<\/p>\n
As previously reported by Insider, Maezawa said the mission will include 10 to 12 people in total, including the eight civilians he will select.<\/p>\n
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