The crew vehicle, called Resilience, was scheduled to fly from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on one of Musk’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets on Wednesday at 8 p.m. EDT, with a five-hour launch window opening at 8 p.m. EDT.
Another rich entrepreneur is slated to fly into space this week, strapped into the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist crew aiming to become the first all-civilian crew to reach Earth orbit. Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of e-commerce business Shift4 Payments, will lead three other first-time spaceflight participants on a three-day journey from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to splashdown in the Atlantic.
The 38-year-old computer magnate has paid an undisclosed price to fellow billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk to transport Isaacman and three specifically selected travel companions into orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Drone.
The crew vehicle, code-named Resilience, was scheduled to fly from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on one of Musk’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets, with a five-hour launch window opening at 8 p.m. On Wednesday, EDT.
Forecasts for launch on a flight directed totally from the ground projected a 70% likelihood of acceptable weather conditions on Sunday, according to organisers. A successful mission may usher in a new era of commercial space tourism, with multiple companies competing for wealthy consumers willing to pay a modest fortune to experience supersonic flying, weightlessness, and the visual spectacle of space.
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