--- title: "Billionaire Playboy Shares Video of Himself Frolicking in Outer Space" description: "Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is having a blast on board the International Space Station. In a recent video, he can be seen \"playing around in zero gravity.\"" date: "2021-12-13" modified: "2021-12-13" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/billionaire-video-frolicking-space" categories: - "Off-World" - "Space" tags: - "international space station" - "Microgravity" - "the digest" - "yusaku maezawa" --- # Billionaire Playboy Shares Video of Himself Frolicking in Outer Space ![Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is having a blast on board the International Space Station. In a recent video, he can be seen "playing around in zero gravity."]() *\Image: Yusaku Maezawa\* ## Playing Around Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is having a blast on board the International Space Station. The wealthy Japanese space tourist [recently launched]() into orbit on a Soyuz spacecraft for a 12-day vacation on the orbital outpost. It may be a warmup for his [eventual journey]() on board a SpaceX Starship around the Moon — but that doesn't mean he can't have a little fun this time around. In a new YouTube video, the entrepreneur can be seen "playing around in zero gravity." He frantically waves his arms and legs around to see if he can regain his composure. It's admittedly a bit silly — but who hasn't dreamed of drifting around in microgravity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWk8nbxXYrQ ## Bumping Into Things The entrepreneur elaborated on the strangeness of finding yourself without a gravitational tether. "Because there's no gravity, I really have no sense of direction, so whenever I bump into something, I have no idea which side of my body it is that's been hit," he said. Maezawa also took the opportunity to wax poetic about life back on Earth. "This whole evolution of life was created in 1G gravity," he told the cameraman. "To think that humans, who are on the very top of that pyramid of life, are going to space to find its roots and to experience zero gravity... is not something you can explain in words," he added after doing a backflip. SpaceX Crew-3 Mission specialist Matthias Maurer seemed less impressed with Maezawa's shenanigans, appearing to actively be working right behind the floating space tourist. **More on the billionaire:** *[Billionaire Playboy on Space Vacation Says He's Giving Away Money to Mere Earthlings, From Orbit]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()