Science teacher and data engineer win multimillion dollar tickets on space flight
- Date: 30-Mar-2021
- Source: The Economist
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Middle East
Science teacher and data engineer win multimillion dollar tickets on space flight
The last two multimillion dollar spots on the three-day SpaceX flight into orbit have been filled by a science teacher and a data engineer.The SpaceX Dragon capsule is scheduled to launch in mid-September to an altitude of 335 miles - 75 miles higher than the International Space Station and on a level with the Hubble Space Telescope.
And Sian Proctor, a community college teacher in Arizona, and former Air Forceman Chris Sembroski, from Washington, will be on board.Mr Sembroski's college friend originally won the spot but gave him the prize.
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The SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule. Pic: ESA
Billionaire Jared Isaacman is sponsoring the flight, which he is calling his Inspiration4 mission.
He is head of Shift4 Payments, a credit card-processing company in Pennsylvania, and is paying for what