O Jared Eisakmanan e-commerce tycoon who led it last year first private space flight crew orbiting the world, said yesterday, Monday, that it plans to help finance more than three space flights with the SpaceXregardless of its space mission schedule NASA.
Eisakman, co-founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments Inc., said his new partnership, called Polaris, with SpaceX billionaire co-founder Ίλον Μασκ may send into space its first four-member crew in the fourth quarter of the year.
Named “Polaris Dawn”, the space mission will aim to set a new high-orbit record and take part in the world’s first spacewalk in a commercial space mission, while, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, The new communications system of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network based on laser technology will also be tested, Eisakman said in an email.
If successful, this initiative will mark another milestone in the ever-increasing commercialization of space, the exploration of which has for many years been the prerogative of professional astronauts.
As he did on the historic “Inspiration 4” space flight involving four orbiters last September as they boarded SpaceX’s Crew Dragon crew capsule, Isaacman plans to be the commander of the Polaris Dawn space mission.
A spokesman told Reuters that Eisakman and SpaceX were “investing together in the mission” without giving any financial details.
THE Aizakman is an experienced jet pilot who has flown with the Black Diamond Air Stunt team, while co-founding a private fighter jet force for military training, the three crew members of the Polaris Dawn expedition showed on Monday.
Despite the fact that none of the members of the mission are professional astronautsall have career paths related to the aviation and space sectors.
THE Scott PotitMission Pilot Polaris Dawn is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot, former Shift4 CEO, and Mission Director at Inspiration4.
The crew is complemented by two SpaceX space mission engineers, Sarah Gillis, who oversees the company’s astronaut training program, and Anna Menon, who directs the development of the crew missions. The two have taken on roles in managing SpaceX space missions.
According to the plans, the launch of the Polaris Dawn mission from the Kennedy Space Launch Center to Cape Canaveral, Florida will be carried out with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, while the crew will remain in space orbit for five days.
Source: News Beast
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