SpaceX prepares to send first all-civilian crew into orbit
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Rival companies Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin both recently celebrated their debut astro-tourism missions with their respective founding executives, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, each going along for the ride.
Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first . (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Clickto subscribe for free.) Jared Isaacman, the American founder and chief executive of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments, will lead three fellow spaceflight novices on a three-day trip from blast-off at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to splashdown in the Atlantic.More Related News