F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin's hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars
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Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese-Kittitian crypto investor who co-founded F2Pool, has been named Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial human spaceflight interplanetary mission to Mars, crucial to Elon Musk’s plans to send one million people to the Red Planet.
Key facts
Wang, whose mining pool controls roughly 11.3% of the global Bitcoin network hashrate and whose personal bitcoin assets are estimated to exceed $300 million, will take a two-year leave
The journey to Mars announcement comes as SpaceX, the satellite and space rocket company, confidentially filed for its public offering targeting a valuation upwards of $1.75 trillion, the largest
Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese-Kittitian crypto investor who co-founded F2Pool, has been named Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial human spaceflight interplanetary mission to Mars
The SpaceX announcement comes as the company owner Elon Musk’s aggressive plans to colonize the Red Planet and establish a multi-planetary civilization continue to accelerate
Summary
ChunWang, a Chinese-born Maltese-Kittitian crypto investor and co-founder of F2Pool, has been named mission commander for SpaceX’s first commercial human spaceflight interplanetary mission to Mars. The two-year mission, targeted for launch in 2026, will include a circumlunar flyby, a high-altitude Mars flyby and a complex return trajectory, testing SpaceX’s new Starship V3 architecture and deep-space operations. Data from the mission, including biomedical telemetry and hardware performance, is intended to underpin Elon Musk’s plans for rapid Starship reuse and the eventual transport of massive cargo and up to a million people to Mars, as SpaceX pursues a record-breaking IPO and discloses significant bitcoin holdings.