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How can a charted flight be "commanded"? I looked into this previously, so Jared Isaacman not only is a billionaire from a payments gateway startup he founded,
by dotBen 5y ago
How can a charted flight be "commanded"?
I looked into this previously, so Jared Isaacman not only is a billionaire from a payments gateway startup he founded, he also is the biggest private owner of military jets and owns a company that actually trains pilots for the USAF, USNavy and foreign airforces. He is a very accomplished pilot from what I gather. (He's 38 btw, so kudos to him)
So, while the Dragon capsule is autonomous there is some 'commanding' that is needed to be able to fly the thing, especially if some of the autonomous features fail - he has been having astronaut training for that and such is 'commanding' the vessel.
How does this support the hospital?
He sold one of the tickets for a lot of money, I think it was to the guy who is listed as an Air Force vet but is actually a data scientist I believe.
Look, he has to donate and generate a large chunk of cash to charity - it's fair optics, esp given the backlash Jeff Bezos had for not using his wealth philanthropically. Here the peanut gallery, we can't have it both ways either we pop at billionaires using their private wealth to go into space or we celebrate the ones who do something for a good cause..?
- beerandt 5y agoHe bought a second ticket for a (former) St Jude patient who survived (to eventually become a nurse at St Jude). She'll be the "medical officer", which I'm not sure is a civilian title or crew one. Lots of "survivors can do anything" PR, plus there's an angle that space x is making space travel safe/common enough that you don't need to be medically perfect to qualify (she still has some sort of prosthesis from her treatment). It's a pretty brilliant PR campaign all around. She'll also become the youngest person ever to fly to space. ETA: Haley Arceneaux