He billionaire Jared Isaacman made history today with the Space X’s Polaris Dawn missionthe space exploration company run by Elon MuskAfter several days of mission, the businessman became the first non-professional astronaut in history. to conduct a private spacewalk.
He 41 year old businessmanis the CEO of Shift4, a payment processing company that currently employs 600 people. Back in 2021, Isaacman had single-handedly funded a mission to orbit the Earth. Now, the crew aboard the Crew Dragon capsule begins the process to return to Earth and land on the coast of Florida.
The story of Jared Isaacman
According to his Forbes business profile, Isaacman owns a fortune of US$1.9 billionIn 2011, the entrepreneur co-founded Draken International, the world’s largest private air force. The company was so successful that just eight years later, Isaacman sold a majority stake to Wall Street firm Blackstone for a multi-million dollar sum.
In his business empire the Star company Shift4which founded at the age of 16 and has over 200,000 customers from diverse industries such as hospitality, sports, entertainment, retail and more. The company provides services to prominent corporations such as Disney, Burger King, Marriott, among others.
In 2011 Isaacman He married Monica with whom he had two daughters named Mila and LivHis wife was a former high school classmate whom he met again at an interview years later when he was looking for a summer job.
Isaacman has also been passionate about flying for some time and has More than 7,000 hours of flight time logged to his credit piloting multiple experimental and ex-military aircraft. In love with his hobbies, the multimillionaire participated in more than 100 air shows as part of the Black Diamond Jet Team.
Isaacman also proved to be more than just passionate and He managed to become an expert pilotThe billionaire has several world records in this area, including two speed flights around the world, made in 2008 and 2009.
With his experience, the businessman went a step further and began to link up with the space explorationIn 2021, Isaacman funded his own tells of a mission that orbited the Earth. On preparing for the historic mission, the billionaire said: “The only thing that comes close to that is the vacuum chamber, and that’s where you feel almost as close as if you were in vacuum conditions or in space (…) That definitely gives you the real sensations of pressure and temperature changes.as well as the psychological stressors of being in a very hostile environment.”
Finally, on Thursday, Isaacman made history by becoming the first non-professional astronaut in history to perform a spacewalk.At home we have a lot of work to do, but from here the Earth looks like a perfect world”he sentenced.
What was the first commercial spacewalk in history like?
After facing various difficulties with the takeoff, finally the Polaris Dawn mission was able to head into space and prepared for his most important goal: to carry out the first spacewalk by non-professional astronautsThis marked a milestone in the history of space exploration, opening a new door for tourism in Earth’s orbit.
Prior to the mission the crew had to undergo the “preinspiration“which seeks to physically prepare astronauts for their exposure to vacuum during walking. After this, the astronauts had to wait for the ship to orbit 700 kilometers from the Earth to emerge into the void.
This way, First Isaacman and then Gillisopened the hatch and left the Crew Dragon capsule. Once outside, both crew members tested the mobility of the New EVA suits developed by Musk’s companywith the aim of evaluating general control of the body and hands, vertical movement with Skywalker and the support that the lower limbs have.
The entire operation could be seen through the official SpaceX X account, which broadcast the historic event live. After the walk, the astronauts returned to undertake the most difficult part of the mission. Now, they must normalize capsule pressurization and drive it safely back to Earth for landnext Saturday, off the coast of Florida.
Source: Ambito
