Billionaire Jared Isaacman buys seats on three more SpaceX flights

[Jan]

Billionaire from first SpaceX civilian flight buys three more trips

The billionaire businessman who bought four seats on SpaceX's first civilian flight into space is funding three more spaceflights — including the first crewed flight of the Starship.

Jared Isaacman, the founder of payment processing company Shift4, previously paid for his own and three other seats on a three-day trip with Inspiration4 mission in September 2022.

 

[Polymathic]

 

[Hamster]

Investors

 

[Hanno Labuschagne]

He is funding the first Starship flight with humans on board. That flight will likely pave the way for SpaceX's first trips to the Moon and Mars. Naturally, some people care.

 

[system32]

Who the hell cares... about the issues in South Africa?
We don't even have reliable electricity down here on the southern tip of africa and these billionaires are blowing billions going to space.
Shouldn't they rather give these billions to the ANC so the ANC can fix problems in ZA?
/s

On another note:

“The crew of Polaris Dawn will conduct a spacewalk, support scientific research designed to advance both human health on Earth and our understanding of human health during future long-duration spaceflights, and be the first to test Starlink laser-based communications in space,” SpaceX explained.

Also...
During this "Dawn" mission, the four will fly inside a Crew Dragon and seek to break the altitude record for an Earth-orbit mission. That record is 1,379 km and was set by Gemini 11 in 1966.

That's just next level - pun intended.

 

[EL'Diablo]

TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

 

[EL'Diablo]

also, leka selfie @Jan

 

[FiestaST]

I'm always up for a Family Guy meme and/or joke

 

[gregmcc]

Never heard of him

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

 

[SuperMario]

Can't wait for the first Starship orbital flight test! Hopefully it happens within the next month or two!