Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of payments company Shift4 who flew on the first private SpaceX flight to orbit last year, purchased as many as three more flights from Elon Musk’s company.
Called the Polaris Program, the first mission — known as Polaris Dawn — is scheduled to launch a crew of four led by Isaacman in the fourth quarter of this year with the company’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. According to the program’s website, this will be the first of up to three missions, with the third set to be the first crewed spaceflight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket.
“The Polaris Program is an important step in advancing human space exploration while helping to solve problems through the use of innovative technology here on Earth,” Isaacman said in a statement.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/14/jared-isaacman-buys-private-spacex-flights-for-polaris-program.html
