mclumber1 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Tonight at 8 pm Eastern, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 4 passengers will lift off from Florida for a 3 day trip to low earth orbit. This is a significant mission as it is the first, 100% private human launch to orbit in history. It's being paid for by a fairly unknown billionaire, Jared Isaacman. He and his 3 crew members will orbit above the Earth at 575 km for approximately 3 days, conducting experiments and capturing documentary videos and photos that will be used for a Netflix special. It's also a fundraiser for Saint Jude's hospital. Isaacman hopes to raise $200 million that will be given to the hospital, and he has personally pledged $100 million toward that goal. Should be pretty cool. SpaceX has indicated that there will be more private missions like this in the future, and may be able to support 6 to 8 private flights per year, in addition to the 2 NASA flights to the Space Station every year. SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital mission launches today! Here's what to expect. | Space WWW.SPACE.COM SpaceX will launch its first all-civilian crew on a three-day journey around the Earth and you can watch the action live online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The childhood cancer survivor now physician assistant going up is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Launch is just over 15 minutes away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 capsule separated from the 2nd stage and the 1st stage landed, all is going well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Next big event is to open the nosecone and expose the giant ass window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 34 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Next big event is to open the nosecone and expose the giant ass window 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: I'm a stickler for double negatives, so whenever my wife's subconscious southerness comes out, I can't help but correct her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 The launch 🚀 was beautiful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: lol I know the url for this one by heart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Aside from those of us nerds on gaming boards like this, most people aren't going to pay attention to any launch that doesn't involve a show-boating billionaire that we all know from oversaturation of the airwaves of their other exploits. Most people who paid attention to Bezos's launch and Musk's space adventures do so mainly because that billionaire is already known to them as a public spectacle. An unknown billionaire generally goes unnoticed by the population at large, and I assume that the only attention the latest one received was because of passengers who happened to be somewhat interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BloodyHell Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 22 hours ago, brucoe said: Aside from those of us nerds on gaming boards like this, most people aren't going to pay attention to any launch that doesn't involve a show-boating billionaire that we all know from oversaturation of the airwaves of their other exploits. Most people who paid attention to Bezos's launch and Musk's space adventures do so mainly because that billionaire is already known to them as a public spectacle. An unknown billionaire generally goes unnoticed by the population at large, and I assume that the only attention the latest one received was because of passengers who happened to be somewhat interesting. I disagree. This used to be the case, but sjnce the advent of SpaceX, I see a lot more regular people interested in launches. Sure, it's not going to be a huge event every time, but there was at least a decade where nobody cared at all. It's nice to see the public invested in space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 9 hours ago, mclumber1 said: I'm surprised this is all we've seen, I guess they're saving it for the Netflix thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: I'm surprised this is all we've seen, I guess they're saving it for the Netflix thing? Netflix and Time have exclusive access to this mission. I'm sure they either donated a whole bunch of money to St Jude to do so, or they helped cover some of the costs of the launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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