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They're pretty easy to look for: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wandt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wandt - pilot, masters of electronics, and ES
by charles_f 3y ago
They're pretty easy to look for:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wandt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wandt - pilot, masters of electronics, and ESA reserve astronaut.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alper_Gezeravc%C4%B1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alper_Gezeravc%C4%B1 - pilot, with some electronics studies.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Villadei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Villadei - pilot, masters in aerospace and astronautic engineering.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L%C3%B3pez-Alegr%C3%ADa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L%C3%B3pez-Alegr%C3%AD... - pilot, masters in aeronautical engineers. Flew on space shuttle 3 times, second longest EVA, fifth longest duration in space.
The mission is private, but it's sponsored by industry (notably Saab from what I've seen). The astronauts seem to be reasonably professional, and the mission goal oriented. It doesn't seem to be one of these stunts where rich people go to space and pretend to hold a test tube to give a dimension above "I had too much money so I burnt the GDP of a small country and its carbon emissions to spend a vacation in space".