Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceXBy Christian Davenport Today at 8:00 a.m. EST
The plan he outlined in an interview with The Post is nothing less than a privately funded space exploration program that aims to push the limits of space travel with every launch
The crew of the next SpaceX private astronaut flight, called Polaris Dawn, pose at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Tex. From left: Anna Menon, who works to develop astronaut operations for SpaceX; Scott Poteet, who served as the mission director of the Inspiration4 mission; Jared Isaacman, who is financing the mission; and Sarah Gillis, lead space operations engineer for SpaceX. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)(...) The third flight in the series, however, would be the first crewed mission of the next-generation Starship spacecraft, now under development by SpaceX and which NASA intends to use to land astronauts on the moon. (...)
Menon is married to Anil Menon, SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, who was recently selected by NASA to join its astronaut corps. When the couple told their 4-year-old son that Anil Menon was going to be a NASA astronaut, “the first words out of his mouth were, ‘Mama, when are you going to become an astronaut?' ” Anna Menon said in an interview.
A few weeks later, Isaacman asked her to join the Polaris crew, and now she will likely reach space before her husband. (...)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/14/jared-isaacman-polaris-spacex-starship-inspiration4/
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