ELON MUSK'S SPACEX LAUNCHES CIVILIANS INTO SPACE

After many years of speculation and promises, the first civilians will be launched into space by Tesla CEO Elon Musk's SpaceX at the end of 2021.

Tired of your standard sun holiday or winter sports and would you like to do something different? After many years of speculation and promises, the first citizens will be announced by Tesla CEO at the end of 2021 Elon Musk being shot into space with his space company SpaceX. In the Crew Dragon the first space tourists without professional astronauts will travel among the stars, and you can join them.Text: Patrick Stoffer
Image: SpaceXSpaceX, the space company of the Tesla boss, has been working for years to send ordinary citizens into space. Only four pioneers will experience this memorable moment in history. If you are already sprinting to the travel agency, we will unfortunately have to disappoint you. The 37-year-old billionaire Jared isaacman was already ahead of you and has already booked all four seats for an unknown amount. However, you don't have to give up completely and you will be given another chance by the CEO and founder of the payment service Shift4 Payments. He is raffling off three tickets to ordinary citizens who can accompany him on this journey through space.

Isaacman wants to donate 200 million dollars to the space travel St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. However, you will have to dig deep into your pockets for the first place. Isaacman calls on people to make a donation to St. Jude's and chooses one lucky donor among the donors. For second place you must be an entrepreneur using its Shift4Shop platform and the last place is awarded to a St. Jude ambassador.

Even if you're not there yet. Anyone who wants to join Isaacman must be mentally and physically fit and be able to pass astronaut training, which includes learning to poop weightlessly and pilot a spacecraft. In addition, you are not allowed to weigh more than 113 kilos, so stock up on those vegetable juices now.

During this 2- to 4-day trip you will fly a number of laps around the earth and the trip will end with a splash in the sea off the coast of Florida. However, SpaceX will still have to do some tinkering with the Crew Dragon prototype, as it exploded during landing earlier this week.CEO Shift4 Payments: Jared Isaacman
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