SpaceX Taps Crypto Billionaire to Lead First Crewed Mission to Mars
SpaceX has announced that cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang will lead its first crewed mission to Mars. Wang, who has previously traveled to space, plans to embark on a Starship flyby of the Moon and Mars, although a specific launch date has not been provided. The mission is expected to be a significant milestone in interplanetary human spaceflight.
- ▪Chun Wang co-founded F2Pool, one of the first Bitcoin mining pools in China.
- ▪Wang has previously flown to space as the commander of SpaceX's Fram2 mission.
- ▪The upcoming Mars mission will take approximately two years for a round trip.
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SpaceX may have failed to get Starship V3 off the ground on Thursday, but the company revealed some interesting information in the lead-up to its launch attempt. With less than 15 minutes left in the countdown, commentators introduced the man who plans to lead SpaceX’s first crewed mission to Mars.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000762451","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"science","SECTION":"space","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"space","TAGS":"billionaires,cryptocurrency,mars,spacex,starship","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); During the live webcast, SpaceX played a video of cryptocurrency…
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