The Successful First All Civilian Orbital Flight - Inspiration4 Post Landing

[Grendal]

The fifth episode of the Netflix documentary about Inspiration4 will drop on September 30th. There will probably be interviews with crew members about their experiences. So discuss and share them here. One of the main goals was to raise money for St. Judes. That goal has been reached and exceeded with the help of Jared Isaacman ($100 million) and Elon Musk ($50 million).

SpaceX's Elon Musk donates $50 million to Inspiration4 spaceflight fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The donation puts Inspiration4 over the top in its quest to raise $200 million for St. Jude.

www.space.com

 

[Grendal]

The I4 crew visit the booster that got them to the edge of space.

 

[Grendal]

 

[Grendal]

 

[adiggs]

Interesting how watching the opening of the cupola video makes that whole thing awfully tangible and real. I'm in no danger of making a meaningful contribution to a $200M ride like that. But another decade of Starship and experience doing flights like that to bring the costs down - maybe I can be like number 10,000 or 100,000 in line for that experience. That'd be unreal.

Or heck - maybe a moon base will get a hotel and shuttle service going at a 'reasonable' cost. Anybody for a week long vacation on the moon!?! Just as long as there's a window to look out of on the way there and back.

 

[Grendal]

Well we learned about this...

An alarm went off on SpaceX's all-tourist space flight. The problem was the toilet

As Jared Isaacman and his three fellow crewmates were freeflying through Earth's orbit, shielded from the unforgiving vacuum of space by nothing but a 13-foot-wide carbon-fiber capsule, an alarm started blaring.

www.cnn.com

 

[Electroman]

I am not too enthusiastic on the usage of the word, 'aftermath' in the title. Aftermath is used generally in disaster situations., which in this case is not.

 

[Grendal]

I am not too enthusiastic on the usage of the word, 'aftermath' in the title. Aftermath is used generally in disaster situations., which in this case is not.

Makes sense - Adjusted

 

[Electroman]

Grendal, for President !!

 

[Grendal]

Recap:

 

[MontyFloyd]

Is she pulling out barf bags?

Regardless, it IS INCREDIBLE!

 

[ThomasD]

Give them a ride to the ISS First private citizens to go to the ISS

 

[Grendal]

Give them a ride to the ISS First private citizens to go to the ISS

Axiom 1 will get that prestigious position as the first civilian capsule full of civilians going to the ISS.

 

[miimura]

There have also been "private citizens" that went up to ISS on Russian rockets.

 

[ggies07]

The last episode was great - I had tears, laughter, excited, hope.

 

[scaesare]

Indeed.

Bezos, if he's watched, has to be seething... that mission was more ambitious, achieved more, and generally outclassed the BO hop in every conceivable way... and was documented in spectacular fashion for airing on one of the most popular streaming services on the planet.

 

[Grendal]

Beautiful.

 

[HVM]

Who needs Astronaut Wings, when you can get Dragon Rider Wings:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1444355130590052359

 

[Grendal]

Slightly old news but Haley works for SpaceX now, as well as her dream job at St. Judes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466174462848557066