Crypto entrepreneur Chun Wang joins SpaceX mission to Mars
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Chun Wang, who bankrolled and led a SpaceX flight over Earth’s poles, says he will head to Mars on SpaceX’s first manned mission to the red planet.
Key facts
German polar scientist Rabea Rogge, Norwegian cinematographer Jannicke Mikkelsen and Australian Arctic adventurer Eric Philips made up the rest of the four-person crew
A growing number of tech entrepreneurs have started funding and taking part in trips to space, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Virgin Group co-founder Richard Branson and Jared Isaacman, founder
Starship cargo flights to Mars for research, development and exploratory missions are expected to start no earlier than 2028, according to SpaceX
Wang, a Chinese-born citizen of Malta, founded F2Pool in 2013, one of China's first Bitcoin mining pools
Summary
Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese entrepreneur who founded the Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool, has joined SpaceX’s first planned interplanetary mission to Mars after “purchasing” the mission. SpaceX announced Thursday that the two-year-long mission will explore beyond the moon, fly by Mars, and return to Earth. “The reporter believe that even without private investment in lunar flights, they will still reach the Moon, and likely soon. “And the reporter is happy to sit back and watch that happen. On the other hand, the reporter has no confidence that Mars will still happen within their lifetime.