Spacex seeks to win new consumers of the space travels, now it does so with its new launch that will take a group of civilians into space in Inspiration4.
For a few decades, the arrival of human beings in space opened a world full of possibilities to be able to explore and take advantage, both scientifically and economically. The interest of public and private companies in space is notorious, as is the interest in related activities in space. Statista shows in his study on the take-off of the spatial inversion that between 2015 and 2019 investments in space programs reached US $ 16.84 billion.
Currently two of the most important businessmen in the world are interested in the new possibility of business than space travel represent, Elon Musk with Spacex and Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, being the main ones in directing this new space race.
SpaceX’s new mission with civilians, Inspiration4
Spacex It has already demonstrated to the world the effectiveness of its technology, making the world look at it thanks to the fact that it was the first private company to return rockets to Earth with propulsion energy to be used again instead of being discarded, ushering in a new era in space transportation for astronauts and civilians.
Today he is on a new mission whose transmission you can follow on YouTube. It is a new journey by Spacex, who is preparing to launch on his mission Inspiration4 to civilians who had never been to space before or received the long training required of people who are in charge of making these types of trips. However, these did receive a 6-month training, but they will not go astronauts professionals on board.
The mission Inspiration4, will take off on the platform of the POT in Florida (same mission where Apollo 11 took off) thanks to the capsule Dragon with him rocket Falcon 9 to be sent into space.
This trip will last approximately three days in which they will live the experience of navigating through space. According to the official website of Inspiration4, this will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shif 4 Payments 38 years old. The mission is named after the four-person crew to inspire support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Promoting space travel
The broadcast that is taking place is a good way to draw even more attention from potential consumers interested in being part of the new era of space travel, since this event announces that they will be able to board inside these ships and it will no longer be an exclusive activity for astronauts who studied long years to be able to undertake missions in space, but it is enough to have the right amount of money to be able to live an experience in it.
Jeff Bezos previously traveled with his company Blue origin With astronauts and Oliver Daeme, 18, who managed to venture into the space alongside the creator of Amazon. How much did the ticket to space cost? This was first auctioned until reaching the figure of 28 million dollars paid by another civilian, however, he decided to reschedule due to a conflict he had (information from Expansion) and subsequently Oliver Daeme bought it, but the amount was not disclosed. Despite this we can note that space travel will not be accessible to all audiences, but to the most privileged. How long will it take for the price of space travel to become more accessible?
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