While Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have recently fueled stories about billionaires going on joyrides to space, the next example is a very different endeavor. On Wednesday, Shift4 Payments founder and CEO Jared Isaacman is scheduled to blast off on the SpaceX Dragon mission capsule for the Inspiration4 mission, which will orbit the Earth for three days. The event will mark the first-ever all-civilian mission. Isaacman has donated the remaining Dragon capsule seats to three other first-timers: Child cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux, community college professor and former NASA astronaut finalist Sian Proctor, and data specialist Christopher Sembroski.
While Branson and Bezos traveled into microgravity for a few minutes, the Inspiration4 crew will actually orbit the earth at a distance of 575 kilometers — higher than the International Space Station — for three full days, and cameras will be there to capture the whole ride.
The current Netflix series “Inspiration 4 Mission to Space” has...
While Branson and Bezos traveled into microgravity for a few minutes, the Inspiration4 crew will actually orbit the earth at a distance of 575 kilometers — higher than the International Space Station — for three full days, and cameras will be there to capture the whole ride.
The current Netflix series “Inspiration 4 Mission to Space” has...
- 9/14/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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