From PC Mag: Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman is cleared for takeoff on a private SpaceX rocket.
The 41-year-old founder of payment tech company Shift4 bankrolled the mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, which is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 27. He spent two years training for it along with his three other crew members—Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Kidd” Poteet and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon.
"We are incredibly thankful for this opportunity and to the thousands of SpaceX engineers who have contributed to this endeavor," Isaacman says. "Throughout our mission, we will aim to inspire humankind to look up and imagine what we can achieve here on Earth and in the worlds beyond our own.”
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